Jerry Gladstone (born March 11, 1960) is an author, personal life coach and marketing executive. During his 25-year career, Gladstone specialized in the production and distribution of entertainment fine art for major movie studios and celebrities. Gladstone is the founder of The Common Thread Success Academy, The Common Thread Group and author of the International Best-Selling Book, The Common Thread of Overcoming Adversity and Living Your Dreams. The Common Thread includes inspiring stories and insights about overcoming adversity provided by Academy Award and Grammy winners, Super Bowl champions, music icons, Olympians, UFC champions, and billionaires. In 2020, Gladstone came out with his latest book, Old School Success for the Millennial Generation & Beyond: Wisdom from the Past for Your Best Future. In this book, Gladstone goes against the so-called experts who say Millennials are lazy and entitled and have labeled them as “Generation Me”. The book offers old school wisdom to the new generation. Published by New York publisher, Morgan James Publishing, the book has met with rave reviews and had received endorsements from many high-profile celebrities. Gladstone is a life and success coach certified by The International Coach Federation (ICF). Early life Jerry Gladstone was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised with his two older sisters, Marla and Bonnie, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, New York, by his parents Martin and Estelle. Gladstone excelled in sports earning a black belt in Karate. He also has competed in many marathons and triathlons. Gladstone attended the University of Rhode Island (URI) on a scholarship for football. He graduated from URI with a Bachelor of Science. He began his first venture with an initial capital investment of $2,000. Under Gladstone’s leadership, the company was awarded licensing agreements for both the publication of art and distribution. Licenses have included Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fox Studios, Warner Bros., DreamWorks SKG, Apple Corps, Jim Davis’ Garfield and others. Gladstone also entered into an agreement with Mel Fisher, the American treasure hunter. The agreement allowed Gladstone to offer for sale to the public Fisher's personal collection of treasure recovered from the Atocha, a treasure ship which sank in 1621. The Atocha discovery included rare gold doubloons, silver bars, jewelry and emeralds. Career Through the years, Gladstone licensed works from famous celebrities, artists, photographers and musicians including Elvis Presley Enterprises, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, entertainment and pop culture artist Joe Petruccio, The Paradise Collection of Dan Mackin,