Chris Haver  Christopher Sterling Haver is an American entrepreneur, international businessman, and adventure traveler with a background in commercial real estate, technology, finance, and internet startups, beginning in 1989 and ending in 1996. Chris Haver was born on Feb. 6, 1966 to Joyce Haver and Ralph Haver II in [[Phoenix, Arizona]. A 3rd generation Phoenician, Chris Haver is the grandson of [[Ralph Haver|Ralph Burgess Haver]], an architect that made a significant impact in Phoenix with his affordable Haver Home tract housing developments and numerous commercial projects such as the North Phoenix Baptist Church, American Express Regional Headquarters, and the old Phoenix City Hall Complex. Haver was an adventurous child from an early age. At the age of two years, he tried to scale a 50-foot flagpole at a playground near his home. As he grew up, he took a significant interest in sports and went on to become an accomplished skier. Haver attended [[Brophy College Preparatory]], a prestigious all-boys college preparatory in Phoenix. He graduated in 1984. While attending SDSU, Haver decided that he wanted to climb and ski the [[Seven Summits]], the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents, before he was 30. He first climbed [[Mount Everest]] in 1989 at the age of 23 with the International Goodwill Expedition. While on the expedition, he met Mike McDowell, a founding partner of [[Quark Expeditions]] and other adventure travel enterprises. He would go on to become one of Haver's business associates and a close friend. After returning from the Everest trip, Haver broke both of his ankles while jumping off an 80-foot cliff at Tonto Natural Bridge outside of Payson, Arizona. He was aiming for a deep pond, but missed and landed on a rock. After sustaining two compound fractures, Haver required multiple surgeries and 2 ½ years of physical therapy. Haver resumed his quest for the Seven Summits in 1993 by climbing and skiing [[Mount McKinley]] in North America. In early 1994, he tackled Africa's [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]. Later that year, he conquered [[Mount Elbrus]] in European Russia, Australia's [[Mount Kosciuszko]], and Antarctica's [[Mount Massif|Mount Vinson Massif]] where he sustained frostbite on one of his big toes. He finished the quest in January 1996 in Argentina on [[Mount Aconcagua]] approximately two weeks shy of his 30th birthday, becoming the first American to accomplish the feat.