Richard was born in Los Angeles, California. The family moved when he was very young to Yuma, Arizona. He spent most of his young life in Yuma. Richard attended and graduated from Yuma High School. Arizona and then went on to attend Western College working on a business degree. After his short stay in business college Richard returned to California and took up a mangers position at a local department store. From there he moved on to running his own business; Action Maintenance Products (AMP) an industrial lighting company. His business serviced all of Los Angeles for over 7 years. During this