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Paul Magelli

Entrepreneurial Excellence: Advocacy Award

Dr. Paul Magelli currently serves as the Senior Director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the College of Business at the University of Illinois and is the Founder of Illinois Business Consulting, the largest professionally-managed, student-run university consulting organization in the country. He was an entrepreneur at a young age – at 8, he co-owned 25 goats and sold goat milk, and by age 12, he co-owned supermarkets across Illinois with his brothers. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he received his A.B. (1959), M.S. (1960), and Ph.D. (1965) in Economics. His commitment to his students has always extended well beyond the normal course of duty, and well beyond their graduation. He helps students and colleagues follow their ideas, providing them with advice, contacts and practical help.

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