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All right, Ben, we read your bio because I really enjoyed it.

Thank you.

So, Ben Kirby is the creator of the viral social media sensation preachers and sneakers

where he caused an uproar after showing the values of what clothing preachers were

wearing on stage across the globe.

Along with growing from zero to hundreds of thousands of followers in just a few weeks,

his work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal,

Buzzfeed, Fox News, Complex and many more.

He also hosts the popular podcast with the ultra creative name, The Preachers and Sneakers

podcast, his background is unconventional for this type of movement.

Here's where it gets even more interesting.

He served as a Marine Corps logistics officer serving tours in Eastern Europe across

Romania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Italy and Spain leading hundreds of Marines and sailors to protect

the U.S. and its allies.

After his time in the Marines, Ben served as Vice President of Operations for a Tech

Enabled Services firm, where he not only served in a leadership role but he also helped

manage a multimillion dollar operation.

He holds his BSBA in marketing management from the University of Arkansas and his MBA in strategy

and entrepreneurship in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

He now works full time as a business owner, podcaster and author in Texas, where he lives with his wife,

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