OfficeMax founder: From childhood poverty to building a $5B business

Witty sayings? Check. Gutty business experiences turned into integral lessons learned? Check. Starting a $5 billion company from an idea and $20,000? Check. OfficeMax founder Michael Feuer has it all.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 15, 2023
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Michael Feuer was the keynote speaker at a NextGen Speaker Series event in January.
Michael Feuer was the keynote speaker at a NextGen Speaker Series event in January.
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There are cold calls. And then there’s the colder-than-the Arctic Circle ring Michael Feuer placed to Jack Welch one night in the late 1980s. 

 

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