Mark Ford

Mark Ford started his first business when he was 11 years old. He’s started hundreds more since then. Today, he’s a self-made millionaire. He’s also a New York Times bestselling author and a successful business builder. If his face looks familiar, it’s because it is … You’ve known him by his pen name Michael Masterson, which he retired a few years ago. Mark is one of the founders of AWAI … he’s the mentor of Paul Hollingshead, Don Mahoney and dozen more A-copywriters … and is the inspiration behind AWAI’s Accelerated Program for Six-Figure Copywriting and more. Since 1993, he has been the chief growth strategist for Agora, Inc., international publisher of newsletters and books with revenues of over $300 million annually. Want to be a better writer? Get paid more? There’s no one better to learn from. Now here are a few things you may not know about Mark … He grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, NY. He has a BA from Queens College, CUNY, a master’s degree from the University of Michigan, and did PhD work at Catholic University. After college, Mark joined the Peace Corps and spent two years teaching students at the University of Chad in Africa. Despite his incredible business success and intellectual acumen, he has been quite the failure — at retiring. He retired for the first time at age 39. The urge to get back into business was too strong. A few years later, he retired again. Now that he’s turned 60 years old, Mark has “retired” again. He now focuses on growing his investments and writing, as the editor of The Palm Beach Letter.