Interviewees from books

VISIONARIE$ ARE MADE NOT BORN

DAVID ABNEY
CEO of UPS;

CINDI BIGELOW
CEO of Bigelow Tea;

DAVID & EUNICE BIGELOW
David is former CEO of Bigelow Tea;

JAMES COVERT
Former Secret Service agent, Founder and CEO of Security Link;

KEN KEVERIAN
Senior V.P. Corporate Strategy of IBM;

KAY KOPLOVITZ
Founder of USA Network

ROSS PEROT
Founder of EDS, founder of Perot Systems, Independent candidate for U.S. President;

ROSS PEROT, JR.
Founder and Chairman of Hillwood Real Estate Development, Former Chairman of Perot Systems;

SARAH CATHERINE PEROT
Daughter of Ross Perot, Jr.;

MARC SCHULMAN
CEO of Eli's Cheesecake;

FRED SMITH
CEO of Federal Express;

JAMES STEPHEN
Former CEO of Weber BBQ Grills;

ANTHONY TERLATO
Chairman & Former CEO of Terlato Wines;

WILLIAM TERLATO
CEO of Terlato Wine Group;

FREDERICK WADDELL
CEO & Chairman of The Northern Trust Company;

ROBERT WALTER
Founder and former CEO of Cardinal Health;

EITAN WERTHEIMER
Former CEO of Iscar;

KEITH WILLIAMS
CEO of Underwriters Laboratories; 

ROCKY WIRTZ
CEO of Wirtz Corporation, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks NHL team, owner of Wirtz Beverage Group and Wirtz Realty Corporation.

INVENT REINVENT THRIVE

DAVID AXELROD
Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama; Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics;

NIR BARKAT
Founder, BRM and Founding Investor, Checkpoint, Current Mayor of Jerusalem;

JUNIOR BRIDGEMAN
Former NBA player; Founder and CEO, Bridgefoods;

CHARLES BRONFMAN
Former CEO & Chairman, Seagram Corp;

STEPHEN BRONFMAN
Executive Chairman, Claridge;

MAXINE CLARK
Founder & Former CEO, Build-A-Bear Workshop;

JIM CROWN
President, Henry Crown Company;

LESTER CROWN
Chairman, Henry Crown Company;

STEVE CROWN
General Partner, Henry Crown Company;

JIM DAN
President, Advocate Medical Group;

JAMES FREEMAN
Founder & CEO, Blue Bottle Coffee;

LINDA JOHNSON RICE
Chairwoman, Johnson Publishing;

MIKE KRASNY
Founder & former CEO, CDW;

LARRY LEVY
Founder & former CEO; Levy Restaurants; Founder, CEO & Chairman, Levy Acquisitions;

GIL MANDELZIS
Founder, former CEO & Executive Chairman, Traiana; Executive Committee, ICAP; 

CHERYL MAYBERRY MCKISSACK
COO, Johnson Publishing;

DIANA NELSON
Chairwoman, Carlson Companies;

MARILYN NELSON
Former CEO & Chairwoman, Carlson Companies;

WENDY NELSON
Director, Carlson Companies;

JOHN OSHER
Founder, Dr. John's Toothbrush (now, Crest Spinbrush);

J.B. PRITZKER
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Pritzker Group;

TOM PRITZKER
Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chairman & CEO, The Pritzker Corp.;

DESIREE ROGERS
CEO, Johnson Publishing;

HOWARD SCHULTZ
President & CEO, Starbucks;

CHARLES SCHWAB
Founder & Chairman, The Charles Schwab Corp.;

JAMES SINEGAL
Founder & former CEO, Costco;

TOM STEMBERG
Founder & former CEO, Staples

ENTREPRENEURS ARE MADE NOT BORN

RAPHAEL H. AMIT, Ph.D.
EFRAIM ARAZI
MARY KAY ASH
SYDNEY BIDDLE BARROWS
EDWARD R. BEAUVAIS
PETER BENSINGER
DONALD BOROIAN
STEVEN BRILL
CHARLES BRONFMAN
DAN CARROLL
CHRISTOPHER CERF
DR. JAMES B. CLOONAN
BEN COHEN
JAMES COVERT
JENNY CRAIG
GERTRUDE RAMSAY CRAIN
LESTER CROWN
HAIM DABAH
MICHAEL DELL
HENRY DORFMAN
WILLIAM F. FARLEY
SYBIL FERGUSON
DEBBI FIELDS
ANDREW FILIPOWSKI
LEE FLAHERTY
EILEEN FORD
ART FRY
ROBERT GALVIN
STEVE GARVEY
HAROLD GENEEN
SUE LING GIN
STAN GOLDER
BERNARD A. GOLDHIRSH
ELLEN R. GORDON
JACK GREENBERG
JERRY GREENFIELD
CHRISTIE HEFNER
NED HEIZER
HOLLY HUNT
DONALD P. JACOBS
HELMUT JAHN
GEORGE E. JOHNSON
DENNIS KELLER
THE HONORABLE PHILIP KLUTZNICK
MARGIE KORSHAK
SAMUEL J. LEFRAK
LARRY LEVY
JAMES LIAUTAUD
ARTHUR LIPPER, III
EDWARD LOWE
SID LUCKMAN
JUDD MALKIN
RUCHARD MELMAN
SAM METZGER
MARILYN MIGLIN
JACK MILLER
JAMES NORDSTROM
JAY PRITZKER
JERRY REINSDORF
THURMAN JOHN RODGERS
JOHN W. ROGERS, JR.
PHILIP J. ROMANO
PATRICK G. RYAN
TERRY SAVAGE
HOWARD SCHULTZ
GORDON SEGAL
JOE SEGAL
ISADORE SHARP
PETER J. SHEA
WALTER SHORENSTEIN
FREDERICK W. SMITH
E. ROE STAMPS, IV
W.R. "WITT" STEPHENS
JOE SULLIVAN
DAN TOLKOWSKY
LILLIAN VERNON
ALICE WALTON
JOHN L. WARD
STEF WERTHEIMER
ELMER L. WINTER
SAM ZELL

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