Biography

Chris Barrett became nationally known as the very first "Corporate Sponsored College Student in America." With the sponsor "First USA" part of the Corporation Bank One, he garnered over 12 million dollars in publicity and over 80 million media impressions within 48 hours of the first national announcement. He has been featured on the Today Show, CBS Early Show, ABC, NBC, FOX, MSNBC, CNN, and Talk Shows. Featured in People Magazine twice in March 2001 issue and the "25 Most Intriguing people" December 2001 issue, Seventeen Magazine, Teen Magazine, CosmoGirl!, Entrepreneur, Fortune, NY Times, LA Times. New York Post, BBC, over 400 radio shows, and much more.

Chris Barrett has over 15 years of public relations and media experience. In 2011, he founded PRServe, a success-based PR agency for innovative startups. Since then, he's helped launch the successful media trajectory of over 1000 leading startups.

He is featured in the Sundance and SXSW award-winning documentary films The Corporation and Maxed Out. Chris was also featured in 2020 documentary The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel.

In 2010 and 2011, Chris worked as New Media Producer for journalist Roger Friedman's Showbiz411.com. Together, Chris and Roger produced a series of intimate interviews with stars such as James Franco, Quincy Jones, and Mark Ruffalo. In 2008, Chris co-authored the book Direct Your Own Life with Napoleon Dynamite actor Efren Ramirez.

In early 2007, Chris became one of the first YouTube content creators to be invited to monetize his account. With over 10 million views on YouTube for his original content, Chris' goal is to make the world more fair and profitable for independent content creators.
- IMDb mini biography by: KBC Media Relations