Kenneth Allen

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Kenneth “Biznessman” Allen, founder of the Kenneth Allen Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Inc. (KAFFE, Inc.) was born and raised in an impoverished neighborhood in Gary, Ind. Growing up in a single parent household, Kenneth defied national statistics for Black males and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School at age 17.

Allen’s love for entrepreneurship began early. At 12, he started his first business venture, K.S. Candies, in his grandfather’s garage. Operating for more than six years, K.S. Candies ranked 79 out of 100 youth businesses in the nation according to Young Biz, Inc. By 15, Allen was sharing his love for entrepreneurship with others as a Certified Entrepreneur Instructor. He is Young Biz’s youngest certified instructor in the country.

As a self-made successful entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Allen’s vision for KAFFE, Inc. is to promote philanthropy and success by sharing the entrepreneurial spirit through an alternative program for economically disadvantaged youth. To date, he has shared his entrepreneurial expertise with school children in West Africa and all over North America.

Allen is a man who not only “talks the talk” – he walks the walk. He diligently serves his community by annually giving over 2000 volunteer hours to such organizations like: Indiana Black Expo (IBE), as the, IBE Youth Entrepreneurship Seminar chair, Prince Hall Masons/Shiners, Indianapolis Urban League Young Professionals and the First Baptist Church where he is the president of the Student Ministry and a senior usher.

Allen is the youngest person to ever be employed by the Indiana House of Representatives. At 18, he was hired as a page coordinator for the 112 and 113 General Assembly. He worked in the Indiana State government for 2 years. Then went on to the Federal Government for three years.

Allen has received hundreds of awards such as Who’s Who Among Youth Leaders, the One Church One School Student of the Year, National’s Dean’s List and Indiana Black Expo Entrepreneur of the Year. He counts among his proudest accomplishments, December 4, which was proclaimed by Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson as “Kenneth Allen Day” for his outstanding leadership and success as an entrepreneur.

Allen’s life mission is to inspire and serve. He is living out his dream and calling by providing opportunities for other budding entrepreneurs to realize their dreams.

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