John Aden was living the dream – a fast-climbing business executive, the CEO of a well-known company at just age 33, married, children and money.
But his life was a mess, he said. “Inside, I knew better. It was a messy time in my life,” Aden said, talking about the fall of 2002.
Speaking this week to about 2,000 people at the Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast, he shared how his life was turned around by a Christian business group and a Bible study.
John Aden, a former CEO, told the Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast that his life was turned around by a Christian business group and a Bible study.
The University of Washington graduate had joined snack maker Frito-Lay out of college and advanced rapidly in the business. In 2000, he became president of hand tools supplier Mac Tools, which he termed “a turnaround” project.
However, Aden said, the success he had previously experienced in business didn’t come.