Gerard Armond Powell

Who is Gerard Armond Powell?

Gerard Armond Powell - also known as Jerry Powell – was born September 21, 1963 in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Jerry Powell offers an unlikely, and for that reason, all the more compelling success story. Jerry was expelled from Pocono Central Catholic School midyear in the 10th grade. He then went to Pocono Mountain High School and dropped out during his senior year.

After leaving school, Jerry found work in the Pocono’s burgeoning vacation home market selling timeshares. In this endeavor he met with some success. Despite a lack of formal education, Jerry learned as much as he could about direct sales on his own and worked successfully in Atlantic City, Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

During his tenure in the timeshare industry, Jerry started two small businesses. The first was a satellite dish company that failed, and the second, in 1987, was a Philadelphia-based telemarketing company which he successfully sold in order to take a position at the Capri Waters Club in Melbourne, Australia. After spending just over two years at Capri Waters his workers’ visa expired and Jerry returned to the United States in 1990.