Michael Krasny
$1.3B
Born
Aug 08, 1953
Age
72
Source of Wealth
Retail
Residence
Highland Park, Illinois
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Michael Krasny founded Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW) in 1984 as an online store for IT products.
- In 2007, he sold the company to Madison Dearborn Partners for $7.3 billion and has maintained a low profile ever since.
- Krasny is an active donor to Jewish causes and medical research through his Circle of Service Foundation.
- In March 2017, Krasny reportedly paid $4.35 million for a condominium on the 50th floor of Park Tower in Chicago.
- Krasny was a 28-year-old, unemployed college grad when he, after placing a $3 ad for his IBM personal computer on the paper, came up with the idea for CDW.
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