Calley Means

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Calley Means
Born (1985-09-28) September 28, 1985 (age 39)
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Relatives Casey Means (sister)

Calley Means (born September 28, 1985) is an American entrepreneur. [1]

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Early life and education

Calley and his younger sister Casey Means were raised in Washington, D.C.. He attended Stanford University, where he studied political science and economics, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. [1]

Career

Means served as a White House intern during the second term of George W. Bush. He also interned for the Heritage Foundation before working as a consultant. He describes his experiences as a consultant on behalf of the food and pharmaceutical industries as his inspiration to fight against conflicts of interest within health regulatory bodies. [1] Calley and Casey Means co-authored the 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health. [2]

Means caught the attention of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after appearing on a February 2024 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show . [3] Both Means siblings advised Kennedy on healthcare policy during his presidential bid, eventually becoming surrogates for Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again platform within the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. [1] [4] Means is credited with facilitating the Trump-Kennedy partnership, having arranged a call between the two candidates in July 2024 after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. [5]

Means co-authored a book with his sister Casey Means titled "Good Energy" which helped them get a spot on The Tucker Carlson Show, as well as podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rubin Report, and The Doctor’s Farmacy with Mark Hyman. Calley and his sister Casey also participated in a live-stream from Washington, D.C. hosted by Senator Ron Johnson and entitled “American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion.” [6]

Personal life

Family

In 2017, Means married Leslie Voorhees. [7] The couple moved from San Francisco to Tempe, Arizona in 2021. [8] That same year, his mother died of pancreatic cancer. [9]

Political views

Means identifies as politically conservative, According to The Wall Street Journal , he initially described himself as a "Never Trumper" before deciding that the policy goals of Kennedy and Trump aligned. [3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Cueto, Isabella. "With boost from RFK Jr. and Tucker Carlson, two chronic disease entrepreneurs vault into Trump's orbit". STAT. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Stone, Will. "In 'Good Energy,' a doctor lays out how to measure and boost your metabolic health". NPR. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 Peterson, Kristina; Whyte, Liz Essley. "The Siblings Behind RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' Campaign". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Peter; Knight, Victoria. "Calley Means on the MAHA movement". Axios. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ↑ O'Brien, Rebecca Davis; Swan, Jonathan; Haberman, Maggie. "How Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Unlikely Partnership Took Shape". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Jarry, Jonathan. "Kennedy's Coalition of Quacks Wants to Feed America a Diet of Lies". McGill Office of Science and Society. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Leslie Voorhees, Calley Means". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Vanek, Corina. "Destination Arizona". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "About". Truemed. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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