Eric D. Thomas (born September 3, 1970[1]) is an American motivational speaker, author, consultant, and minister.

After various arguments with his parents and aunts, he dropped out of high school and lived homeless on the streets of Detroit for two years.

[9] Around this time, Thomas met his wife, De-De Mosley, at the Detroit Center Seventh-day Adventist Church.

[9] Thomas spent twelve years working toward an undergraduate degree at Oakwood and graduated in 2001.

[citation needed] Thomas has appeared on Fox News to discuss his work,[14] and portions of his sermons can be heard on the track "Intro" of deep house producers Disclosure's 2013 debut album, Settle and on the intro track "Wins and Losses" to rapper Meek Mill's 2017 album of the same name.