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“快N”响亮的“明星和串行entrepreneur Richard Rawlings talks about his passion for cars and drive for success.

ByDan Bova•Sep 29, 2017

Did a guy who was so broke that he and his wife had to live on his sister's couch ever predict that, in a few years, he'd be on TV shows aired in more than 200 countries, own restaurant chains, apparel lines, branded tequila and vodka, and run a wildlysuccessfulcar garage?

Yes.

Richard Rawlings, the guy behind Gas Monkey Garage and star of Discovery'sFast N' Loud, envisioned all of that and more.

As the premiere of the new season ofFast N' Loudnears (Oct. 16), Rawlings stopped by the狗万官方office in New York to discuss empire-building, his passion for entrepreneurship and his unstoppable drive to go bigger and faster. Check out the above video!

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Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim and Spy magazine. Check out his humor writing atPlanet Bova.

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