Born in Portsmouth NH, Greg Meakin, 65, was raised in Montreal and lived in the Seattle area for thirty years. He is now living in Arizona City, Arizona with his wife Deborah, and their Belgian Sheepdog Jessie. Greg and Deb have been together since June 1984. 40 years and counting! In his “retirement” Meakin is mainly an author and radio guy.
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After releasing his third book last year, WHY I CAME TO AMERICA...and what I think now, Greg Meakin has done scores of national radio interviews and written endless articles, most of which are featured on his website gregmeakin.com.
*In 2024 and 2025, he will be focusing on his new radio shows and brands, including promoting the November Election in the US and the ALBERTA-51 Movement.
Shows and Brands include MAGA MATTERS radio show, SECRETS FROM THE INSIDE radio and publishing, his DUELING-CITIZENS brand, and other verticals. Meakin’s main passion is Fatherhood and Mentorship. His is obsessed with Managing the SIX GENERATIONS who are now in the workplace.
His fourth book is in the works, WHY I CAME TO AMERICA…and can we even fix this mess? It is scheduled for release in Audio and eBook versions soon. In addition to his ongoing radio shows — often with Co-Pilots VAL OLSON and CAPTAIN JAMES MCCORMICK — he plans on doing media engagements and expanding his DUELING-CITIZENS with Greg Meakin radio appearances, as well as his MAGA MATTERS with Greg Meakin national radio segments. All are featured on YouTube @gregmeakin.
A dual-citizen, Meakin married his wife Deborah in 1987 and has raised three sons – Tanner, 44, and twins Carson and Colton, 34. He is a published author, car guy, real estate developer, and fanatical sports junkie. His pet project is managing his online eMagazine, GregMeakin.com, and producing his YouTube Channel @gregmeakin.
Life stops for Meakin when discussing his Montreal Canadiens or Seattle Seahawks.
Through his forty-five year, award-winning business career Greg Meakin spent the bulk of his time in the auto industry, starting as a car jockey in the 1970s with Budget Rent-A-Car in Montreal, then climbing the corporate ladder at the dealership level in the early 80s. Although a Finance Manager by specialty, over the years he has worked key stints as Sales Manager, General Sales Manager, Business Development Manager, and Internet Sales Director. He has owned a number of his own companies, and has been sought out by business owners to share his automotive industry knowledge, business management expertise, and cutting-edge vision.
A literary agent once described him as “The Nostradamus of the car business.”
Although he has hands-on experience with most automobile brands over the years, including the RV world, he credits his years with Saturn, Honda and Toyota as having influenced his philosophy and approach towards his automotive career, his other business interests, and his personal life.
In addition to the car business and real estate, Meakin loves anything in life that is fun or exciting. He has literally played hockey with Wayne Gretzky, contributed to an Ann Rule crime book, been courted by CEOs, and received accolades from business leaders and politicians – including Gary Locke (former Governor (WA) and U.S. Ambassador to China during the Obama administration).
He has owned $10-million of real estate in his lifetime, and has finalized some 25,000 auto transactions. In 1991 and 1992 he published two auto industry books, Secrets from the Inside and The Car Shoppers Workbook respectively.
In 2004 Meakin was published in RINK Magazine, an ice industry trade journal. Rink of Dreams...and other small town nightmares discussed the building and opening of his then $5-million community ice arena from scratch in Bremerton, Washington. Originally launched under the name Bremerton Ice Arena, the beautiful facility continues to serve thousands of skaters and hockey players under the name Bremerton Ice Center. The arena recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary.
In 2003, Greg Meakin was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for community leadership by House Leader Tom Delay, during the George W. Bush administration.
Also in 2003, the Kitsap Athletic Roundtable in Bremerton WA created an award for Meakin, Sportsman of the Year. This award recognized his one-man effort since 1998 to bring hockey and other ice sports to the region.