Jim Stovall
- Faced with total blindness, Jim Stovall has gone on to accomplish the unbelievable.
- Author of the best-selling book, The Ultimate Gift (a 20th Century Fox major motion picture)
- The Founder and President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network
- Inducted into the 2021 Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Faced with the challenge of total blindness, Jim Stovall has gone on to become: The author of the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift. Now a 20th Century Fox major motion picture Featured on "Good Morning America," CNN, and TIME Magazine A National Olympic weightlifting champion An Emmy Award winner An International Humanitarian of the Year and National
read the restIn spite of blindness, Jim Stovall has been a National Olympic weightlifting champion, a successful investment broker, the President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network, and a highly sought-after author and platform speaker. He is the author of more than 50 books, including the bestseller, The Ultimate Gift, which is now a major motion picture from 20 th Century Fox starring James Garner and Abigail Breslin. Eight of his other novels have also been made into movies with two more in production.
Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the most extraordinary men of our era.” For his work in making television accessible to our nation’s 13 million blind and visually impaired people, The President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity selected Jim Stovall as the Entrepreneur of the Year. Jim Stovall has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine, USA Today, and has been seen on Good Morning America, CNN, and CBS Evening News. He was also chosen as the International Humanitarian of the Year, joining Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Mother Teresa as recipients of this honor.
Annually, for the last 95 years, the Oklahoma Historical Society has inducted Oklahomans into the Hall of Fame. This is the highest honor our state awards. Previous Oklahoma Hall of Fame members have included Will Rogers, Mickey Mantle, and Paul Harvey, among many others. In 2021, Jim Stovall was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall Fame.
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Dallas Speakers Bureau – Inspirational Speaker, Jim Stovall on Underachievers
Dallas Texas Speakers Bureau presenter, Jim Stovall, on Underachievers. Success is a wonderful concept. It is self-defining and self-fulfilling. Once we get past our school years with standardized tests and regular percentage grades, we emerge into the adult world where, to a great extent, we get to determine what is important to us. In school, the labels “achiever” or “underachiever”… ... read more
