Interesting Facts about Dan Smith

• He repossessed over 90 cars for GMAC

• He is related to Priscilla Presley and Billy Graham

• In high school, he scored over 1000 points in basketball, started in 82 consecutive varsity games, and was a 3 time All Star

• In college, he led his basketball team to their first ever conference championship and made the last second, game-winning shot

• His family basketball lineage goes back nearly 90 years. Click here to see a photo of his grandfather as manager of the 1920-21 American Legion Richmond Basketball Team. Click here to see a photo of Dan's college championship basketball team in 1985

• His great, great uncle had the opportunity to buy the recipe for Coca Cola at a ridiculously low price … but turned it down because he thought it was a bad investment

• In college, he was taught by a world-renowned Shakespearean scholar

• His father survived for 8 years as "the man with two hearts." He had a transplant procedure - no longer practiced - in which he received a donor heart and kept his own as well.

• His father was one of the original members of the "Hells Angels" in Fontana, CA. At the time, it was a hot rod car club which eventually became the notorious biker gang.

• He dismissed over 100 students from college as head disciplinarian

• He's named after Bennett Cerf (middle name Bennett)

• He was once stuck completely upside down on a roller coaster - with only a lap bar for support - for more than 15 minutes

• His maternal grandmother wrote the first 'jingle' for Coca-Cola, a song called "Hamburgers and Coke"

• Nearly 6' 5" tall, he is the shortest male in his family

• He started Smith Publicity in a tiny bedroom office with one client and two resident cats