Ranked as the #1 Business Motivational Speaker by Ranking.com, William R. Patterson is a three-time award-winning lecturer and national best-selling author. His ethical guidebook to wealth, power, and success, The Baron Son, has been translated around the world and featured in the Forbes Book Club and Black Enterprise magazine. William is an internationally recognized business coach and wealth coach who has been a featured guest on over 400 television and radio programs. He is a business and financial expert for CBS and XM Satellite Radio and does a weekly syndicated business and financial radio segment called THE BARON SOLUTION Minute on The Louie Jones Show and All Things Literally. In addition, he writes a monthly financial column for SLIQUE magazine titled "Money Tips from The Baron." In 2004, William co-founded The Baron Solution Group, a company which conducts business and personal finance workshops for adults across the U.S. and abroad based on the strategies outlined in The Baron Son. He also conducts a national series of pro bono workshops for children and teenagers teaching business and personal finance skills. His website, The Baron Series, is winner of four 2009 Web Awards including: Best Speaker, Best Male Author, Best Business Advice Site, and Best Wealth Building Site. For more information and coaching on THE BARON SOLUTION Strategies for Wealth and Business Success,visit: www.baronseries.com or his Wealth Coach, Wealth Building Seminars, and Wealth Building Program Blog. View the Top 50 Business Coaching videos, audios, articles and resources from BaronSeries.com

- #1 Ranked Business Motivational Speaker (Ranking.com)

- 2009 Top 10 Minority Business Enterprise

- 2009 Best Business Advise Site

- 2008-2009 Best Wealth-Building Site (Black Web Awards)

- 2008-2009 Best Male Author (Black Web Awards)

- 2007-2009 Best Speaker (Black Web Awards)

- 2007-2008 World Web Award of Excellence (Art Space 2000)