George Chmiel is an entrepreneur, speaker, endurance athlete and charity fundraiser.

George’s greatest passions in life involve bringing people together for a higher purpose and tackling seemingly impossible challenges that stretch the limits of mind, body and soul. He has completed 42 marathons, Ironman Lake Placid, 100-mile ultramarathons on all seven continents, and is one of 200 people to complete the 4Deserts series (6-day, 155-mile self-supported stage races across the hottest, coldest, windiest, and driest deserts) finishing in the top 7 of each.

In 2016, he completed a solo, 3,000-mile Run Across America from San Diego to Manhattan in 93 running days to honor the sacrifice of our military heroes and draw awareness towards the challenges they face reacclimating to civilian life. A documentary on the journey will be released soon.

Over the past ten years he has raised over $500,000 for charitable causes near and dear to his heart, primarily focused on US veterans and children’s growth disorders.

George graduated Boston College with a finance degree and moved to San Diego four years ago after working eleven years at Merrill Lynch. There he ran Merrill’s Northeast Structured Investments division, growing the business from $400M to over $1.1B in annual sales.

George is now the CEO and Founder of Oz Sports Group, a diversified holding company with ownership and operations across multiple businesses in the real estate, entertainment, hospitality, fitness, nutrition and e-commerce industries.