Kenneth Carnesi, Sr., was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his BA degree at Brooklyn College, where he majored in English. He also earned his JD from New York Law School in 1982 and is currently the COO at Anaptyx LLC, an MSP based in South Carolina. Ken was ordained a Knight of the Poor Knights of Christ by the Vatican in 1998, and his title was recognized by the Court of St. James in London in 1999. He spent many years as a Business Consultant in Europe and the former Soviet Union Republics before settling in South Carolina.