William Turnage has hiked through the jungles of Colombia and climbed the mountains of Peru to the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu. He has sand boarded down giant sand dunes in South America and skied through the Italian and Austrian Alps. He competed in a Toughman boxing contest, and has achieved the rank of second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

In 2008 he left a high stress job in investment banking, sold all of his possessions, and moved to an exotic foreign country to be with the woman he loved.

William Turnage was born in Ashland, Virginia. He studied psychology and economics at the College of William and Mary and received an MBA from the University of Richmond.

William currently lives in Cartagena, Colombia with his beautiful wife and young son, where he owns an internet marketing business and writes.