CENTERSTAGE | BLACK MEN IN LEADERSHIP
THAXTER ARTERBERRY
OWNER, GENERAL PARTNER @ STEP/ONE REAL ESTATE | REAL ESTATE BROKER by Pleshette Robertson, Chief Editor Thaxter V. Arterberry is a nationally recognized wealth management empowerment speaker, radio talk show host, book author, entrepreneur, restaurateur and California real estate broker with over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry. Mr. Arterberry is Founder and President of Operations for Arterberry Real Estate and Step One Development headquartered in Northern California. As President of Operations, he is responsible for agent relations, real estate acquisition, property management, investor relations as well as creating sustainable small business opportunities for his clients. As a seasoned entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience, Mr. Arterberry is what you would call a serial-entrepreneur. Owning and operating businesses that include: Pacific Check Cashing, Natomas Money Exchange, Thaxters Southern Caféé. Just to name a few throughout his many years as an entrepreneur. Mr. Arterberry has won numerous awards related to business and entrepreneurship. He is the author and publisher of Thinking Like a Millionaire, for Homegrown Americans. He also hosts three weekly radio shows: Money Talks Radio Show and Podcast (Tuesdays 1:00pm and Wednesdays 7:00pm), and Jump Start Mondays with world renowned radio personality Lee Perkins from | 2 0 | T H E H U B MA G A Z I N E S U M M E R 2 0 2 1
7:00am till 11:00am on radio KDEE 97.5FM Sacramento. The focus of the show is financial literacy as it relates to better understanding the processes associated with owning or investing in the following: real estate, small business opportunities, and the stock market. Mr. Arterberry is a native of San Francisco and attended the University of Nevada-Reno and United International University on a Division One Basketball Scholarship majoring in Business. He is now residing in Rancho Murieta, a suburb of Sacramento. He is a dynamic personality and highly-sought-after resource in his professional circle. When it comes to business, and making things happen, they call Thaxter who is the father of two college graduates Julius and Sterling Arterberry and survives his wife of 27 years Catherine Dawn Arterberry who passed July 23, 2014 after a lengthy courageous battle with cancer.
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Book: The Bible Cologne: Gucci OUR CONVERSATION:
“A LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE SLUMBER AND POVERTY WILL COME UPON YOU LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.”
Black woman I admire: My now deceased wife, who helped me better understand the true essence of love, life and happiness. On who cooks the best: • • •
My mom cooks the best: Gingerbread My wife cooked the best: Enchiladas I can cook the best: Soul Food (period)
Greatest achievement: 27 years of successful marriage, two son’s and now grandchildren. Who in your life helped to shape your values? My high school basketball coach Ernie McNealy who shared a personal thought prior to my selecting which college I was going to attend “sometimes to be a star you have to leave some of the people you love behind.” Defining a Black man in leadership: When the leader looks behind himself and see’s the people attached are progressing continually, as is he… Leader, the word itself, exemplifies truth — leaders lead, sometimes positive other times negatively. In other words, “the blind can lead the blind right into a hole.” IS S UU.C O M/ THEHUBMAG