| 词条 | Michael Krasny (businessman) |
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|name = Michael Krasny |image = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = Founder of CDW Corporation |alma_mater = University of Illinois (B.A.) |occupation = Businessman |nationality = United States |spouse = married |children = one |networth = {{profit}} 1.39 billion USD (March 2017)[1] }} Michael Krasny is an American businessman from Illinois. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of CDW Corporation, a direct seller of technical gadgets including computers and networking equipment. Early lifeKrasny grew up in a Jewish family[2][3] in Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois Gies College of Business in 1975.[1] He worked as a Toyota car salesman at his father's auto dealership in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In 1981, he quit his job as a car salesman and took some classes in computer programming but being unsuccessful in finding steady work, Krasny was forced to sell his own computer for cash. He placed a $3 ad in the Chicago Tribune and ended up selling his computer for a $200 profit.[3] Career and retirementSeeing the great demand for computers, Krasny began buying computers in order to resell them eventually forming MPK Computers. A year later he changed the name to Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW) and steadily grew the business. In 1993, he took CDW public.[3] Krasny retired in 2007 after selling the company to Madison Dearborn Partners for $7.3 billion.[1] According to Forbes, his first caller from 1982 is still a customer (as of 2000).[https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/54/2000/LIR.jhtml?passListId=54&passYear=2000&uniqueId=AAGO&passListType=Person&datatype=Person] Since 2009, as a hobby, Krasny has operated a woodworking shop, making plaques and awards, in Northbrook, Illinois called Custom Woodworking Design.[3] Personal lifeKrasny is married with one child. They live in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 [https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-krasny/ Forbes: The World's Billionaires - "Michael Krasny"] {{DEFAULTSORT:Krasny, Michael}}2. ^Jewish Telegraph Agency: "At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish" By Jacob Berkman October 5, 2009 3. ^1 2 3 CRN: "Michael Krasny - IT Sales Innovator" by Jeff O'Heir {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930004511/http://www.crn.com/18820585/printablearticle.htm |date=2012-09-30 }} November 13, 2002 8 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|American automobile salespeople|American businesspeople in retailing|American chief executives|University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni|American Jews|American billionaires |
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