Andre Norman Net Worth 2026: Speaker, Second Chance University

No reputable outlet has published an estimate of Andre Norman's net worth. The $12.5 million figure that appeared on this page before had no source, so we have removed it. Norman is a former Massachusetts prison gang leader who served 14 years, earned a fellowship at Harvard Law School, and now makes his living as a speaker, corporate trainer and founder of Second Chance University, which runs rehabilitation programs inside prisons.

What is Andre Norman's net worth?

Speakers and training companies rarely publish their fees or revenue, and Norman has not. His programs are delivered under contracts with corrections departments and companies whose terms have not been reported, so there is no basis for a reliable figure. This page therefore does not show one.

Where his income comes from

• Speaking. He speaks at schools, churches, companies and conferences, and has given a TEDx talk in St. Louis. The Columbia Daily Herald reported in 2017 that he had lectured at Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School, and at MIT's Department of Urban Studies.
• Corporate training. Since 2001 he has worked with London Business School's executive education department to design experiential learning labs, the Herald reported. He also writes on leadership, including a 2025 column in Fast Company.
• Prison programs. He founded Second Chance University and earlier ran the Academy of Hope, which corrections departments have hired to work with violent offenders and gang members.
• Advisory roles. A 2025 release named him a member of the advisory board of Aventiv Technologies, the parent of prison communications company Securus.
• Media. The New England Patriots have published episodes of The Andre Norman Show featuring players Jonathan Jones and Devin McCourty.

From prison to Harvard

Norman wrote in Fast Company that he was once sentenced to more than 100 years in prison and rose through the gang system to become a prison boss in a maximum-security facility. The Post and Courier reported that this was in the Massachusetts prison system in the 1990s. He wrote that during two years in solitary confinement he set himself the goal of getting to Harvard, and he was released after 14 years. In 2015 he earned a fellowship at Harvard Law School.

He has since worked with groups at risk in Honduras, the Bahamas, Sweden, Guatemala, Liberia and Trinidad, according to the Columbia Daily Herald, and has been given the nickname "Ambassador of Hope."

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Prison programs

South Carolina, 2019

After a 2018 gang riot at Lee Correctional Institution left seven inmates dead, the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter century, the South Carolina Department of Corrections brought in Norman's Academy of Hope team. The Post and Courier reported in 2019 that the year-long program started with 10 volunteer inmates living together and taking counseling, leadership and peer-training classes, with plans to grow to 80. Corrections officials said it was the first time the department had invited a former inmate to build a program for violent offenders from scratch. Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said he was hesitant at first but came to see that Norman could engage inmates in ways most staff could not. Norman told the paper he used the riot to push the men to prove to their families that they could do better, and said there were very few programs anywhere designed for violent offenders.

New York, 2025

In September 2025, New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Norman and Securus launched a Second Chance University Wellness Tour through 15 state prisons, including Attica, Auburn, Clinton and Green Haven, running from September 8 to October 15, according to a press release. Former NBA player Eddy Curry was part of the team, and the content was made available on 550,000 Securus tablets nationwide.

Age, height and family

His date of birth has not been published by a reliable source. The age, height and weight on this page earlier had no source and have been removed. We also found no reliable public information about a spouse or children.

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Where did Andre Norman go to school?

Norman says he educated himself largely inside prison, found mentors after his release, and reached Harvard through a Harvard Law School fellowship in 2015, as he described in Fast Company and the Post and Courier reported. We found no record of a degree, and the earlier education details on this page were unsourced.

How this page was checked

We used Fast Company, the Post and Courier, the Columbia Daily Herald, a PR Newswire release from Securus and New York corrections officials, and Patriots.com.