Max James - CEO, American Kiosk Management, LLC Max James grew up on a farm in Tennessee, but had big city plans in his future. While still in high school, Max served as an Administrative Assistant to a Tennessee Congressman in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. After completing his time in Washington, Max headed West to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to attend the United States Air Force Academy—affectionately known as the "Blue Zoo."
After graduating with honors and going on to pilot training, Max flew with the astronauts in the Astronaut Recovery Program at Cape Canaveral, and then volunteered (as Tennessee’s finest traditionally do) for Combat Air Rescue duty in the Vietnam War. He returned home as a highly decorated combat pilot and completed his military service as a combat instructor pilot. Next, Max attended Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. With an MBA in hand, Max started his business career in the real estate industry. His first venture was to serve as an international investment analyst, which then led to a lucrative stint as a real estate sales executive, and eventually, a real estate developer. Putting the real estate career to the side, Max and his partners built, owned and operated all of the Days Inn Hotels in California and Nevada. He was Executive Vice President of Days Inns of America, and served on the Board of Directors of the California Governor’s California Tourism Corporation. Following his successes in the hospitality industry, he returned to the world of real estate and developed several RE/MAX Real Estate territories in Northern California, in and around the beautiful Napa wine country. After starting and operating these successful businesses, Max was presented with an opportunity to become involved in the nutrition and health industry. Using his expertise and know-how, he developed one of the largest chains of Metabolife cart and kiosk retail outlets in the United States. This involvement in the Specialty Retail Industry led him into several other product lines, ranging from yoyo’s (American Yoyo Company) to cosmetics (Avon, In-Your-Face Cosmetics, and Proactiv Solutions), as well as many others. Currently, Max owns North American Kiosk, LLC with the Guthy Renker corporation, and he also owns American Kiosk Management, LLC which operates specialty retail kiosks in forty-four states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. |
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