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| Name | Michael Ferro |
| First Name | Michael |
| Last Name | Ferro |
| Occupation | Business Magnate |
| Birthday | July 24 |
| Birth Year | 1966 |
| Place of Birth | Merrick |
| Home Town | Nebraska |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Michael Ferro Biography
Michael Ferro is one of the most popular and richest Business Magnate who was born on July 24, 1966 in Merrick, Nebraska, United States.
Michael W. Ferro Jr. (born July 24, 1966) is an American businessman and former chairman of the board of directors of Tribune Publishing Company (formerly Tronc, Inc.), the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States. In March 2018, he retired from Tribune Publishing and started Merrick Ventures LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm. He had been the chairman of Tribune since early 2016. Ferro is the founder and CEO of Merrick Ventures. As a businessman, Ferro is also known for founding the Internet software company, Click Commerce.
In 1994, Ferro left Pettibone to establish Click Commerce, a company that provides business application software and related services. At the age of 33, Ferro took Click Commerce public. With an Initial Public Offering date of June 30, 2000, Click Commerce was one of the first tech companies to reopen the market after the tech crash in March of that year.
Michael W. Ferro Jr. was born in 1966 in Merrick, New York, and went on to grow up in Illinois. At the age of 15, while attending high school, Ferro started his first company, Earth Wood Care (EWC). He continued to develop and operate the company full-time while attending the University of Illinois Chicago. Earth Wood Care was acquired by Lisle-based Pettibone in 1992. Ferro joined Pettibone at the time of the transaction, and at the age of 25, became the company’s youngest division president. He devised a plan for the company to place its inventory and price sheets on the Internet so customers could process their own orders, a revolutionary concept for the manufacturing industry at the time.
Michael Ferro Net Worth
Michael is one of the richest Business Magnate from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Ferro's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Business Magnate |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In 2006, Ferro was the Chairman of the Sports Advisory Council, a board of corporate citizens named by Mayor Richard M. Daley, to lead the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Ferro and his wife, Jacky, co-chaired an event that raised 12 million dollars in one night for the Chicago 2016 bid.
Ferro is the co-founder of the Illinois Accelerator (I2a) Fund launched in 2007. In 2014, Ferro donated $2 million to build an incubator space for student entrepreneurs in a new project called “The Garage” located within Northwestern University.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 2005, Ferro was named co-chairman of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center alongside Jim O’Connor Jr. During this time, he served on the Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors under Mayor Richard M. Daley and founded the Merrick Momentum Awards, an annual event to honor the top three-year-old Chicago corporations.
Who is Michael Ferro Dating?
According to our records, Michael Ferro is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Michael Ferro’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Michael Ferro. You may help us to build the dating records for Michael Ferro!Multiple patent holder for diagnostic imaging, from 2008 until 2015, Ferro served as the chairman of NASDAQ company Merge Healthcare that was acquired by IBM in October 2015. From 2011 until early 2016, he served as the Chairman of Wrapports LLC. Residing in Chicago, Illinois, Ferro was allegedly involved in sexual harassment of two women in March 2018 followed by his retirement.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Ferro’s success in his early career made him one of the youngest people named to the Forbes “Tech’s 100 Highest Rollers” list. During this time, Ferro was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 by the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, and won the KPMG Illinois High Tech award as well as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Technology award.
Ferro founded Merrick Ventures LLC, a private equity firm that connects investors with Chicago’s tech companies. As the chairman and CEO of Merrick Ventures, Ferro is the founding chairman of Wrapports LLC which is the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, Higi LLC, Chicago.com LLC and highschoolcube.com. In February 2016, Merrick Ventures invested $44.4 million in the Chicago-based company Tribune Publishing, which is the parent company of the Chicago Tribune. This made Ferro and Merrick Ventures the then top shareholder of Tribune Publishing with nearly a 17 percent stake in the company.
Facts & Trivia
Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Business Magnate. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Ferro celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.
In March 2018, Ferro was allegedly involved in sexual harassment of two women—Kathryn Minshew, the founder of career website The Muse and Hagan Kappler. Kathryn Minshew accused Ferro of luring her to a corporate apartment in Chicago in 2013 and making sexual advances toward her. Hagan Kappler, while working for the firm Ingersoll Rand, claims to have been sexually assaulted by Ferro in a Las Vegas hotel suite in early 2016.
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