On The Record

Ken Kragen, is as Jane Pauley from NBC stated, a phenomenon.  He was the creator and organizer behind the historic humanitarian projects We Are The World, Hands Across America, and Cisco Systems NetAid, which earned him a United Nations Peace Medal.   He produced a variety of film and television projects ranging from the ground-breaking Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Kenny Rogers 5 Gambler movies, and in 2004 he produced the 12 Dogs of Christmas – a live action, full length feature film based on his daughter Emma’s best-selling children’s book. He’s also managed the careers of Burt Reynolds, The Bee Gees, Gallagher, Kenny Rogers, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Olivia Newton-John,  the Smothers Brothers, and Trisha Yearwood, just to name a few. He’s the author of Life Is A Contact Sport, and has an impressive record of unprecedented success as a motivational speaker, career and marketing consultant, and designer of non-profit events and strategies. And if that wasn’t enough, Ken’s lectured at Harvard