About Paul Williams

Paul Williams was born and raised in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Paul raised four children alone as a single father. Today, all of them are enjoying their professional careers in engineering, education, and social work. Paul is a BA graduate of the University of Wisconsin and holds a post-graduate MBA degree from Clark Atlanta University with a dual focus on marketing and finance. Paul has worked in the theater, television, and motion picture industry for 20 years, starting from his humble beginnings as a television floor director and theater stage hand. He advanced into a television and radio sales executive and later worked as a vice president/sales director with Arbitron and Nielsen Television and Radio Audience Measurement Ratings Company. He then progressed into a career as a television program and motion picture film sales distributor, covering the 32 western United States. He was responsible for placing and selling television programs and movies to television broadcasters and networks. Many of the television programs included: The Wonder Years, Married with Children, The Jefferson’s, All in the Family, Three's Company, and animations such as Yogi Bear, Swat Kats, Captain Planet, Huckleberry Hound, and more. Motion pictures included the Rambo series, Terminator, Red Heat, and many more. 

While living in Los Angeles, Paul produced several large theatrical plays starring major celebrities such as Torian Black, Raymond St. Jacques, Marla Gibbs, and more. The theatrical stage plays included Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Willie and Esther, and Diary of Black Men: How Do You Love a Black Woman, which toured the United States and London, England. He created the Paul Williams Theatrical Group in 1992 to produce nationally attractive plays for a niche audience. He became very successful with his productions, achieving high patron attendance and selling out 2,500-plus seating capacity theaters city after city due to the subject matter of the stage play and his marketing approach. His vision and goals were to bring opportunities in the performing arts and business to youth and young adults, getting them more involved in the arts and business, and helping them recognize and develop their natural talents. He wanted to provide an avenue of more choices for success in their future professions while entertaining the niche audience that enjoys performing arts related to their lives. With each city the play performs, he donates $5,000 of the proceeds to a scholarship fund for students. 

He is now a successful insurance agency owner, starting in 2018 with Farmers Insurance in Orlando, Florida, owning offices in two states. He has won numerous insurance industry awards, including the Topper Club for six consecutive years and the Presidents Council awards for three consecutive years, both of which are the highest recognitions for top-achieving agents. This elite group represents the top one percent of 5,000 agents in the United States. Paul is an extraordinarily inspiring person and a real go-getter. His philosophy in approaching any challenge is: “There is nothing that cannot be accomplished to help yourself and others in reaching goals.”