1989 – 1996
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Early Childhood
When he was eight years old, he asked his father, Nathan, about the circumstances of his birth, and the reply was unforgettable. “He said, ‘Listen I’m going to shoot it to you straight, Fred. Your biological mother, she threw you away, and me and Betty Mae, we didn’t want to send you through foster care and we adopted you, and you’re my son.'” Freddie had been found abandoned as a newborn baby next large rubbish container) in rural Florida. “When he told me that,…
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Accomplishments as a Teenage
He was 12 when his skills became noticed by others. At an after-school club, while other children were playing in the playground, Freddie set to work repairing broken computers in the school’s computer lab. “If the hard drive was corrupt I would swap it out. If it needed more memory I would add more RAM. If it needed a power supply, I would switch it out,” he says The director of the after-school programme was Quincy’s mayor
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Youngest Entrepreneur
He was 12 when his skills became noticed by others. At an after-school club, while other children were playing in the playground, Freddie set to work repairing broken computers in the school’s computer lab. “If the hard drive was corrupt I would swap it out. If it needed more memory I would add more RAM. If it needed a power supply, I would switch it out,” he says The director of the after-school programme was Quincy’s mayor
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Timeline Image 4 Figgers Wireless
Figgers Communications is a privately held telecommunications company founded by Freddie Figgers. The company uses proprietary 4G LTE Network WiMAX as wireless communications standard. In 2011, The FCC approved Figgers’ application to hold a FCC License Spectrum which allowed him to operate his own cell phone company.
