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VOLUME 50, ISSUE 23
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Frank Stronach, Founder and CEO of Magna International. |
by Kelly Hutchison, MBA2
khutchis@umich.edu
Could you start your own business and grow from one employee to a major multi-national organization with over 42,000 employees? If you think so, what do you think is necessary to achieve this success? According to Frank Stronach, Chairman and founder of Magna International and the recipient of this year's UMBS Eugene Applebaum Entrepreneur Award, you will need a combination of skill, luck, original thinking and vision. Frank Stronach's invigorating speech, presented last Thursday at UMBS when he received the entrepreneur award, mixed a homespun personal philosophy with years of experience in getting the job done.