Gary Allen Scott

Gary Allen Scott, age 77, of Mount Dora, Florida passed away peacefully after a period of illness, on Monday, July 8th, 2024. Gary was born on the 14th October 1946 in Portland, Oregon to William and Edith Scott, a U.S navy (Battle of Iwo Jima) WWII veteran, and homemaker. Gary attended Centennial High School and started college locally, but his sense of adventure and entrepreneurial spirit soon took him beyond suburban America to a life as a businessman and financial writer in Hong Kong. From there he travelled around the far east, investing in and selling real estate and building businesses from Singapore to Fiji. In the 70’s and 80’s he became a pioneer in global investment strategies, researching and writing about international property and financial investment opportunities, based out of London, England. He was a monthly columnist for “On Wall Street”, one of the largest circulation magazines for international investors under the bi-line “The Global Guru,” along with writing a newsletter on global investing for over 25,000 clients in 82 countries. From his first publication “Passport to International Profit” he also authored 40 books and organized in-person seminars on working, investing and living internationally. These seminars were held across the U.S, Canada, U.K, Europe, at his beloved farm retreat in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge mountains, and especially in Ecuador, where he lived with his wife Merri, during the 1990s and 2000s. Whilst based in Ecuador Gary became the inspiration and community coordinator for a cosmopolitan group of ex-pat’ Americans and Europeans wanting to relocate to live a simpler, healthier and more community-oriented way of life, centered around the towns of Cuenca and Cotacachi. He purchased a local hotel and founded the publication “Ecuador Living.” He wrote extensively about his love for Ecuador, its people and culture, co-founding the “Land of the Sun Foundation” with its mission of fostering cultural and economic links between North and South America. The foundation funded local projects including building a rural school, supporting sustainable Andean forestry projects and making improvements to water supplies at indigenous Quichuan farms. Gary was the quintessential small-town dreamer made good, becoming a visionary entrepreneur, internationally recognized author, global citizen, educator and mentor to many, and above all a much-loved family man. In his later years Gary was a devoted grandfather and loved nothing more than teaching his grandchildren how to fish, ride them around on his small tractor and bake them cakes. Gary was predeceased by his wife of 37 years, Merri. He is survived by his five children Cheri Hall, Cinda Scott, Jacob Scott, Francesca Scott and Eleanor Marsden, his sister Sandra and his nine grandchildren, who reside in the U.S and U.K, and who will miss him dearly. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 24, 11:00 AM at Beyers Funeral Home, 279 S. Central Ave, Umatilla, FL 32784 with Pastor Brooks Braswell officiating. After the service, please join us for light appetizers from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Lakeside Inn, 100 Alexander Street, Mt. Dora, FL 32757. “Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we’ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.” -Richard Bach To livestream the service: Topic: Gary Scott’s Celebration of Life Time: Aug 24, 2024 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87014430457?pwd=UlGa0X8kH1cRE45Hvc9qJuS75mGTbr.1 Meeting ID: 870 1443 0457 Passcode: 020687 Arrangements entrusted to Beyers Funeral Home of Umatilla, Florida.

Gary Allen Scott

October 14, 1946 - July 8, 2024