In 1982, after 50 years of family ownership, Bruce Norris sold the Red Wings to Mike Ilitch, founder of Little Caesars Pizza.

Examples include John Baker, founder of Desire2Learn, David Cheriton, co-founder and chief scientist of Arista Networks, Mike Lazaridis, co-founder and former co-CEO of Research in Motion, Prem Watsa, chairman of Fairfax Financial and the current chancellor of the Waterloo, Steven Woods, co-founder of NeoEdge Networks and Quack. com.

Rephlex has released the music of many notable and influential electronic artists, among them Mike Paradinas, the founder of Planet Mu Records, synth pop revivalist and electro pioneer Ed Upton, prolific dance musician Luke Vibert, and electronic musician and virtuoso bass player Squarepusher.

" I attribute being on top of the story to old-fashioned print journalism standards — cultivating, and, if you'll excuse the pun, not burning such contacts ," The Inquirer < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s founder, Mike Magee, told BusinessWeek.

After leaving high school and playing the club circuit around the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania areas with his brother Albert ( a singer ) for most of the 1980s, Greg Howe officially began his solo career after sending a demo tape to Shrapnel Records in 1987, upon which he was immediately signed by founder Mike Varney.

Vizs founder and main contributor Chris Donald has said that the character of Roger Mellie was inspired by the off-screen behaviour of Rod Griffiths, a 1980s Northern UK regional TV presenter but that Mellie is actually nothing like Griffiths in fact and other presenters have been worked into the character, including Look North presenter Mike Neville.

Mike Portnoy, founder and ex-drummer of Dream Theater, and Avenged Sevenfold where he briefly filled in after the death of The Rev, criticized moshing in an interview published on his website:

* Mike Doughty, singer / songwriter, founder of the band Soul Coughing

Mike Park ( of Skankin ' Pickle, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and founder of Asian Man Records ) has a song about the band titled " Tobi Vail 4 President " on the album Beans & Toast from his acoustic solo project.

He is the founder of the Mike Caro University of Poker, Gaming and Life Strategy, the world's first permanent poker school.

He was replaced by club supporter Mike Rance, with ex-player Andy Scott, founder of Bank Fashion Retail stores, as Vice-Chairman.

Around 1981-82, he first contacted Mike Varney, founder of Shrapnel Records, asking for a gig with Ozzy Osbourne.

In a neo-liberal world suffering from environmental degradation, poverty, hunger, repression, a ‘ planet of slums ’ ( in the graphic phrase of Mike Davis ), the Pope chooses to insult the founder of a rival faith.

In June 2009, Adam Busby Jr., the son of the SNLA founder, was jailed for 6 years for sending a total of 6 packages to various political figures, including First Minister Alex Salmond, Liberal Democrats MSP Mike Rumbles and Glasgow City Council.

Past winners include Knowledge Is Power Program founders Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin and The Doe Fund founder George T. McDonald.

* Mike Wild ( 1939 – ), senior lecturer in Environmental Studies 1969 – 1997, founder of the Five Weirs Walk group ; co-founder of the urban wildlife trust that is now known as the Sheffield Wildlife Trust ; and 2010 winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Sheffield Telegraphs Environment Awards

* Mike Brady, founder of Chicago Express Airlines

Prominent acts that worked on Electronic songs around this period include Danny Rampling, DNA, Dave Shaw and Quando Quango founder and Haçienda DJ Mike Pickering.

A collaboration in 1990 with fusion guitarist Frank Gambale came about in the form of Truth in Shredding, an ambitious collaborative project put together by Mark Varney ( brother of Shrapnel Records founder Mike Varney ) through his Legato Records label.

The Dazz Band, formed in 1976, grew out of the Cleveland, Ohio, jazz fusion band Bell Telefunk, composed of Bobby Harris ( founder ) lead guitarist / songwriter Mike Calhoun, percussionist Kenny Pettus, drummer Isaac " Ike " Wiley, Jr., and his brother bassist Michael Wiley, and the band Mother Braintree.

In the late 1990s, Mavers renewed contact with founder member Mike Badger and subsequently two compilation albums of early demos and home recordings were released by The Viper Label ( founded by ex-La's Badger and Hemmings ), Lost La's 1984 – 1986: Breakloose ( 1999 ) and Lost La's 1986 – 1987: Callin ' All ( 2001 ).

Edward Michael " Mike " Harrington ( February 24, 1928 – July 31, 1989 ) was an American democratic socialist, writer, political activist, political theorist, professor of political science, radio commentator and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The album's lone guest is Rachel Benbow Murdy, band founder Mike Doughty's ex-girlfriend, who supplies a vocal on " Janine.

Modano is the founder and current Vice President of the Mike Modano Foundation, Inc., which raises awareness and funding for organizations offering education and assistance to children and families affected by child abuse.

* Mike Jeffries, MBA 1968, CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch

Co-founder and CEO Mike Lazaridis was a UW student before he started RIM, and was the chancellor of the university.

Mike Lang, the former News Corporation business development executive who was selected as the CEO of Miramax, indicated that the company would focus on their existing library.

On March 16, 2012, Mike Lang stepped down from as Miramax CEO.

On the management side, Founder Ed Beauvais was removed as CEO, remaining on the board of directors, and was replaced with Mike Conway, who had been with the airline since its start.

Bill Nuti would continue his role as president and CEO of NCR, while Teradata Senior VP Mike Koehler would assume leadership of Teradata .. On 1 October 2007, NCR Corporation and Teradata jointly announced the Teradata business unit spin-off was complete, with Michael Koehler as the first CEO of Teradata.

Mike Edwards ( Vice-President and Chief Merchandising Officer ) was appointed interim CEO.

Mike Edwards was confirmed as President of Borders Group and CEO of Borders, Inc., the company's principal subsidiary.

* Mike Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Mike Koehler becomes the CEO of Teradata.

* Mike Jackson ( auto ), Former CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA and CEO of AutoNation

In a May 2011 interview, CEO Mike Sweet stated that Credo Reference aimed to "… satisfy both what librarians want in terms of complexity and what users need in terms of simplicity.

In the fall of 2007 Mike Kisseberth was hired as President and CEO.

* In the field of business, Rider graduates include: Neil B. Friedman, president of Mattel Brands ; Thomas J. Lynch, CEO of Tyco Electronics ; Donald Monks, Vice Chairman & Chief Administrative Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon ; Mike Pulli, CEO of Pace plc ; Thomas O ' Riordan, former CEO of American Sporting Goods Corporation ; Robert Schimek, Senior Vice President & CFO American International Group ; Ronald Schlosser, chairman & CEO of Haights Cross Communications ; John T. Spitznagel, chairman & CEO of Oceana Therapeutics ; Howard Stoeckel, CEO of Wawa ; Kenneth Yen, CEO of China Motor Corporation ; Meg Walsh, president of Medscape Consumer and internationally-recognized authority in e-health ; and Michael F. Lee, Jr., CAIA, Regional Director of Hatteras Funds

Other notable GO alumni include CEO Bill Campbell ( currently chairman of Intuit ), VP Sales Stratton Sclavos ( took VeriSign public as its CEO ), CFO and VP of Business Operations Randy Komisar ( became CEO of Lucas Arts ), and VP Marketing Mike Homer ( was VP Marketing at time of Netscape's IPO in 1995 ).

* Long-distance Atmospheric Optical Communications, by Chris Long and Mike Groth ( VK7MJ )

* Rights to Mike Todd's Around the World in Eighty Days and the UA-distributed Lorimar films are now with Warner Bros .. Warner Communications bought the rights to Days from Elizabeth Taylor, Todd's widow, and successor company Time Warner bought the Lorimar library after they bought out the company in 1990.

Following the 2011 resignation of Jarrett Barrios from the GLAAD presidency, Mike Thompson served as interim president until the announcement of Herndon Graddick, previously GLAAD's Vice-President of Programs and Communications, to the presidency on April 15, 2012.

# Mike Ross ( AR-4 ), Co-Chair for Communications

* 1997-1998 Mike Newman ( Communications Officer Amanda Dodson )

In 1950, Mike Todd formed Cinerama with the broadcaster Lowell Thomas ( who founded Capital Cities Communications ) and the inventor Fred Waller.

When Telus Communications acquired Clearnet Communications in 1999, this included a Integrated Digital Enhanced Network ( iDEN ) branded as Mike by Clearnet.

In June 1982, Billboard Magazine reported that WJR-FM's owner, Capital Cities Communications, had hired consultant Mike Joseph to implement his widely successful " Hot Hits " format on WJR-FM by the fall of that year, taking note of the success the format was having in Philadelphia ( WCAU-FM ) and in Chicago ( WBBM-FM ).

In the subsequent questioning about her response, Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Hatch called a Forum Communications reporter " A Republican Whore " and promptly hung up the phone ..

Conference panelists and keynotes include CEO's from all the major global media companies like: Leslie Moonves, CBS ( US ), Jana Bennett BBC ( UK ), Gerhard Zeiler RTL Group ( Luxembourg ), Harry Sloan MGM ( US ), Subhash Chandra ZEE Networks ( India ), Dr. Hyun-Oh Yoo SK Communications / Cyworld ( Korea ), Paula Wagner-Tom Cruise's partner-at United Artists ( US ), Ronnie Screwvala UTV ( India ), Philip Rosedale Second Life ( US ), Ben Silverman NBC ( US ), Emilio Azcarraga Televisa ( Mexico ), Mike Volpi Joost ( US ), Ken Rutkowski, KenRadio Broadcasting ( US ).