Episode 29 (Perspective Series): Chris Smith

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 9 a.m.

At 36 years old, Chris Smith is the Owner of Smiths Auto Sales and Realtor for REMAX ULTIMATE. Chris was born in Dayton Ohio, raised there and still resides in Waynesville Ohio which is in between Dayton and Cincinnati. He was a two sport athlete in high school for baseball and basketball. He earned many all star team nominations and local awards in baseball.
When he was 14, he started detailing cars for the family car business. By the time he was 16, it grew to a huge operation where he hired two of his high school friends to detail up to 30 cars a
week. At 20, he went out on his own in the car business and started buying and selling mostly to other dealers. 9 years later Chris opened up his own dealership that specializes in lifted
trucks and custom cars and has grown to multi million dollars in annual sales. Chris is also a full time realtor with REMAX Ultimate for the past year.


Chris is a father to his 5 year old son Lincoln and husband to his wife Aleasha. He is going on 7 years sober from alcohol which use to play a big role in his life and has caused a lot of issues in his past. He quit cold turkey and never looked back. Chris has helped
many people with addiction through his story. He wrote and published his own book almost two years ago called “Behind the Wheel”. It tells his story about struggles with business, life, addiction and how he overcame them to be a
business owner, husband and father, all while staying sober.
Chris was diagnosed 6 years ago with type 2 diabetes which he now controls mostly though diet and exercise. He only eats fish and no other animals. Chris runs 20 miles a week while weight lifting
as well. He still likes to play baseball, basketball, golf, spartan races, 5-10ks. He has also coached numerous kids baseball teams.

Chris has a huge hobby for custom cars of all kinds. He enjoys spending as much quality time with his family as possible. He also loves to travel and experience new things. Chris is very driven to always live the best life possible.

Follow Chris:

https://www.facebook.com/thechrissmith13

https://www.instagram.com/the_chris_smith_/

https://www.instagram.com/smithsautosales/

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