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Carl "The Ticket Guy" White was born in 1965
to John Humber and Marie White. At the time of birth John
Humber was 65 years old and Marie was 45. Despite assurances
from his mother Carl spent his childhood believing that
he was adopted or even worse stolen from much younger and
wealthier parents.
Carl knew his father late in his life as a locksmith and
his mother as a homemaker. "My parents lived lives
that were more about living a life than having a career
or unfortunately making money. My father worked many jobs
through out his life including schoolteacher, dockworker,
crane operator, machine repairman, and train engineer, which
was his great passion. He did not make much money or save
any of it for his later years but I think he certainly lived
one hell of a life.”
Carl was born and raised in Greenville, a small town near
the coast of North Carolina. Greenville is most famous for
having the highest per capita of tobacco barns and for being
home to East Carolina University, the Pirates of ECU. Carl
having no interest in either tobacco barns or Pirates knew
at an early age that he was not destined to spend his life
in Greenville.
Carl eventually found his way to Chapel Hill and the University
of North Carolina.
"The only reason I had for attending UNC besides the
chance to get out of Greenville was that I was a fan of
the Tar Heels basketball team which at the time included
a player by the name of Michael Jordan. That was enough
for me. To this day when people ask why I got in to the
ticket business I tell them Michael Jordan."
It was while in Chapel Hill that Carl discovered that there
was money to be made from tickets.
"I was the kid standing in line for basketball and
concert tickets at the 'Dean Dome'. Being the country bumpkin
I was at the time (still am, ask anyone) I thought camping
out for tickets to see a big time concert or college basketball
game was exciting. Even more exciting was discovering the
great demand for and the ability to make a living from acquiring
tickets to concert, theatre and sporting events for people.
This was the humble beginning of a career in the ticket
business for Carl.
“I have for a long time been the 'Ticket Guy' to anyone
that knows me”.
Carl is willing to share the rest of the story with anyone
that wants to listen and is buying the cocktails.
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