Eric Lefkofsky
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| Born |
September 2, 1969 (age 47) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Chairman, Groupon and Co-founder / CEO, Tempus |
| Net worth |
 US$1.7 billion (October 2015)
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| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Lefkofsky |
| Website | lefkofsky |
Eric Paul Lefkofsky (born September 2, 1969) is an American entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Tempus. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Groupon, co-founder of Echo Global Logistics (ECHO), InnerWorkings (INWK), Mediaocean, and Uptake. He is also a co-founder of Chicago-based venture capital firm, Lightbank.
Lefkofsky grew up in Southfield, Michigan, the son of Bill, a structural engineer, and Sandy, a school teacher. He has a brother, Steven, an attorney practicing in Michigan, and a sister, Jodi, also a former school teacher. After graduating from Southfield-Lathrup High School in 1987, Lefkofsky attended the University of Michigan and graduated with honors in 1991. He continued on at University of Michigan Law School to receive his Juris Doctor in 1993.
Lefkofsky began his career selling carpet at the University of Michigan. After law school, in 1993, he and a college friend, Brad Keywell, borrowed money from relatives to buy an apparel company in Madison, Wisconsin named Brandon Apparel.
In 1999, Lefkofsky and Keywell created an early Internet company called Starbelly that specialized in promotional products. Starbelly experienced rapid "pre-bubble" Internet growth and was sold to Halo Industries in January 2000. Lefkofsky joined Halo to become chief operating officer. A little more than a year later, the company went bankrupt. Halo and Starbelly faced multiple lawsuits from shareholders, all of which were resolved by 2004.
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