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Phil Wilkins is a speaker, consultant, and the author of “Own Your Business, Own Your Life!"    Phil owns three businesses: Diverse Wealth Systems, a training and consulting organization, Rising Star, Inc which owns four McDonald’s® restaurants in Lexington, Kentucky and PJK Holdings a real estate investment company.

Phil graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1986, and began working for Procter & Gamble as a Manager in the Finance and Accounting Division.  In 1988, Phil left Procter & Gamble and began working for Baxter Healthcare, where he was an award winning sales professional, trainer, and manager.  Phil left Baxter and began his McDonald’s career in July of 1997. 

Phil was named the “Small Business Person of the Year” (Runner-Up) 2004 for the state of Kentucky by the Small Business Administration, Minority Business of the Year by Commerce Lexington, and has been quoted or featured in the Atlanta Tribune, QSR Magazine, Registered Rep Magazine, Washington Post and the NY Times.

As a speaker and lecturer, he presents to corporations and professional organizations on topics such as client acquisition and diversity and his clients include: Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, Fifth Third Bank, RBC Dain Rauscher, A.G. Edwards & Son’s, Wachovia, State Farm Insurance and the Security Industry Association.

Currently, Phil sits on the Board of Directors for Fifth Third Bank of Central Kentucky, and the Kentucky Minority Business Council. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association working hand in hand with McDonald’s corporate leadership on diversity related initiatives.

He and his wife Sandi have three children and in his free time he enjoys traveling with his family, reading, exercising, and practicing Krav Maga, which is a military fighting technique.

Wow! To say your keynote address was a hit is an understatement! Thank you so much for being part of our KLC City Official Academy. Thanks again Phil, for a wonderful, inspirational way to end COA. As Neil said in his closing remarks, your insights were a perfect end to a great conference."

—TERRI JOHNSON
SENIOR MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
KENTUCKY LEAGUE OF CITIES

I thought your seminar was motivational. It occurred to me that you had several forces converge in a synergistic manner that made you a success. First and foremost was a never say die attitude, you also had a good business background and you knew exactly what you wanted to do."

—LOUIS MORGAN