Fred Gratzon

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Fred Gratzon is an entrepreneur and proponent of transcendental meditation.

Fred graduated from Rutgers University in 1968 as a Fine Art major. He self-professed to have never held a job for more than two months, and claims to be one of only five people in the entire history of the United States Government to have been fired from a civil service job.

In 1979 with no money, no experience, and no knowledge of how to make ice cream, he founded The Great Midwestern Ice Cream Company. In 1984 his ice cream was judged by People magazine to be the best ice cream in America, and in 1986 was declared best in America by Playboy.

In 1989, again with no money and no knowledge or experience of telecommunications Fred founded Telegroup in a spare room in his house. Telegroup became an international long distance carrier and grew to 1100 employees with $400 million in annual sales.

Fred's companies have appeared on Inc magazine's list of the 500 fastest growing companies in America four times. In 1995 Telegroup was the second fastest.

In 2002, he published the book "The Lazy Way to Success" which was illustrated by Lawrence Sheaff. The book is an exploration of how transcendental meditation can lead to improved personal and professional success. His lazy way is summed up as "TM/AM/PM" - "Transcendental Meditation in the AM and PM", with about 20 minutes of meditation at the beginning and end of the day.

On the web:

Book - http://www.lazyway.net/

Blog - http://lazyway.blogs.com/