Grant Cardone

Grant Timothy Cardone (born March 21, 1958) is an American businessman, financial influencer, and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Cardone Capital and Cardone Training Technologies, Inc. In 2010, he wrote the New York Times bestselling book, If You're Not First, You're Last.

Early life Born on March 21, 1958, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Cardone is one of five children of Curtis Louis and Concetta Neil Cardone. His father owned a grocery store and had also trained as a stockbroker. , HuffPost estimated that Cardone has 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube; 4.4 million and 6.8 million followers on Instagram and Facebook respectively.

Legal issues

Cardone Training Technologies

In 2015 and 2016, several former employees of Cardone Training Technologies filed religious discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that they were fired for refusing to take Scientology training courses disingenuously renamed as "L. Ron Hubbard training".

Cardone's company has sued several clients who could no longer afford the hefty monthly payments on their training contracts. Having no termination clauses, clients were sued for tens of thousands of dollars of remaining balances on their contracts.

Cardone Capital

Cardone Capital purchases and manages large quantities of multifamily rental properties and sells shares in the pooled investment. An amended complaint was filed in 2023 by a family member of the plaintiff who had died since the original filing.

A 2022 investigative report by The Palm Beach Post showed that from 2018 to 2021 Cardone Capital-owned Miami-area apartment complex Wellington Club overcharged tenants for workforce housing — a government program to provide discounted housing in high-cost-of-living areas to renters employed in key industries such as nursing, teaching and firefighting who would otherwise be priced out of their service area. According to the report, this allowed Wellington Club to boost profits while suppressing the county's workforce housing program in a county with limited affordable housing.

In 2026, Brian H. Robb, a former Chief Marketing Officer of Cardone Capital, filed a $1 billion defamation lawsuit against Grant Cardone and Cardone Capital. The lawsuit alleged that Cardone made defamatory statements about Robb on Facebook and in communications with third parties following Robb's testimony in the investor lawsuit Pino v. Cardone on December 9, 2025. According to the complaint, Robb had previously acted as a whistleblower while employed at Cardone Capital and reported conduct to the FBI that he believed to be fraudulent. The lawsuit further alleged that Cardone and Cardone Capital used their social media platforms and public reach to disseminate the statements, causing significant reputational harm to Robb.

Others On a 2023 livestream, Cardone got in a heated dispute with former T-Mobile CEO John Legere who told him that "You are the biggest bullshit artist on the planet," called him "a con man of the highest order" and a "fucking fraud." In January 2024, Cardone sued Legere for $100 million, alleging defamation. In August, Cardone rejected an offer from Legere to settle out of court, and the parties agreed to a confidential settlement in January 2025.

In 2024 Cardone sued Formula One Group and Hard Rock Cafe alleging that his expensive watch had been stolen during a Miami Grand Prix event as a result of lax security.

In 2025 a Las Vegas woman was charged with stealing millions from seven influencers including $2.3 million from the Cardones.

Personal life Cardone married Elena Rosaia Lyons on July 4, 2004. They have two daughters. The Cardones reside in Golden Beach, Florida and Malibu, California. Cardone is a Scientologist, Elena is also a Scientologist and the couple are major donors to the Church of Scientology.

Elena fundraised for Kari Lake in 2024 and is active in her husband's businesses. Following the New York business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization, Elena set up a GoFundMe to help Donald Trump pay off his multimillion-dollar legal judgments. Cardone has been a consistent supporter of Donald Trump, and even engaged Trump as the headliner at one of Cardone's 10X conferences in 2022.