Freddie Figgers

Freddie Figgers is a computer programmer, inventor, and an African American Entrepreneur.[1][2] He is the founder of Figgers Communication.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Figgers lives in Coral Gates but was born in Quincy, Florida on September 26, 1989.[7] Freddie as a newborn was left at the dumpster by his mother. Nathan and Betty Figgers then adopted him.[7] To help his father with the Alziemers disease, Freddie built a shoe with a GPS tracker with two-way communication.[7][5][8] When he was 15 years old, Freddie started a cloud computing services company. [9] At the age of 16 years, Freddie started Figgers Communication.[3][8] By the time Freddie was 24, he had 80 custom software programs built, designed and executed.[9]

Freddie has four patents, including the Figgers F1 Phone.[3][4] Figgers also has a license spectrum band from FCC.[10][8] Figgers is involved in his Florida community by sponsoring youth programs, paying senior citizens bills and helping to bail for homes in foreclosure, as well as offering college scholarships to area high school seniors.[2][10][11]

References
  1. "Abandoned in a Dumpster At Birth, This 29-Year Old Black Entrepreneur Now Owns a $62 Million Telecommunications Firm". www.blacknews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  2. "Figgers Magazine". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  3. RitaLorraine. "Freddie Figgers: Four Patents and Going Strong! | The Black History Channel". Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  4. Riley, Ricky (2016-08-12). "Self-Made 26-Year-Old Tech Entrepreneur Creates Multi-Million Dollar Telecommunications Company". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  5. "Figgers Starts Black-Owned Telecommunications Network". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. "Meet the First African American Entrepreneur to Develop His Own 4G LTE…". Virtual-Strategy Magazine. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  7. LLC, Empire BBK (2018-12-13). "Freddie Figgers: Parents, Bio, Wife". Empire BBK. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  8. Hatter, Lynn. "Quincy's Freddie Figgers Is Trying To Shake Up The Cell Phone Business". news.wfsu.org. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  9. "Meet the First African American Entrepreneur to Develop His Own 4G LTE Smart Phone". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  10. Tetteh, Nii Okai. "Freddie Figgers: Meet The 29-Year-Old Founder Of The Only Black Owned Telco In America Worth $62.3 Million". Kuulpeeps - Ghana Campus News and Lifestyle Site by Students. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  11. "Entrepreneur offers scholarships to graduating seniors". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
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