Chris Abele
| Chris Abele | |
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Chris Abele (right) on January 7, 2011
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| Milwaukee County Executive | |
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Assumed office April 25, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Scott Walker |
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Christopher Seton Abele January 28, 1967 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Miriam Abele |
| Children | 3 |
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John Abele Mary Abele |
| Residence | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Milwaukee County Executive, Trustee of Argosy Foundation, investor, politician |
| Website | www |
Christopher Seton "Chris" Abele (born January 28, 1967) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He is the current Milwaukee County Executive. Abele is the son of American businessman John Abele, the co-founder of Boston Scientific. Chris Abele serves as a trustee of the Argosy Foundation, a charitable trust established with an endowment from his father.
In 1996, Abele, with Chris Kerr, founded SteriLogic Waste Systems, which serves hospitals and medical clinics in managing sharps waste. Abele served as CEO of SteriLogic from 1996–2004. In 2004, Abele became Chairman of the company to devote more time to philanthropic efforts.
In 2001, Abele and his business partner Steve Mech founded CSA Commercial, a Milwaukee-based real estate and development company. In 2006, SteriLogic merged with Medsolutions and in 2007, Kerr and Abele sold the majority of SteriLogic to Stericycle. The remainder of SteriLogic was restructured the remainder as Oxus Environmental.
In 2011, the Argosy Foundation took a "change in leadership." Abele left his position as president and CEO and was replaced by his sister, Jeneye.
Abele invested 10 million dollars into a venture fund, CSA Partners LLC, for Milwaukee start-ups. The LLC was formed with Brian Taffora and Pat Farley. They invested into gener8tor's Fund II and opened Ward 4 (Milwaukee, WI startup accelerator space) in remodelled space inside the former John Pritzlaff Hardware Company Building.
On January 4, 2011, Abele formally announced that he entered the race for Milwaukee County Executive on. Abele and Stone received the most votes and advanced on to a run-off election that was held on April 5, 2011. On April 6, 2011, Abele defeated Republican challenger Jeff Stone. Abele was sworn in on April 21, 2011.
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