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Michael Faurest

After graduating from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Michael began his career at UPS in Louisville, KY, where he focused on Business Development in Logistics. He transferred to Chicago as a technology Sales Account Executive at CDW, then was recruited to SHI, where he developed a salesforce and strategy to grow revenue in the greater Chicago region.

While working full time in Chicago, Michael received an MBA from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, with a special concentration on Entrepreneurship and Finance. He worked at a venture capital firm and an investment banking firm in New York before returning to Chicago to start his own financial advisory and business insurance practice.

Michael is currently back in Louisville advising small businesses as well as investing in and managing his own local real estate portfolio.
 

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