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A. Alfred Taubman: Modern Mall Pioneer

July 9, 2013

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A. Alfred Taubman is acknowledged to have pioneered the modern shopping mall concept. Perhaps it was because he had something extraordinary up his head that he failed to graduate from the University of Michigan where he studied architecture. The modern mall is proof that there was something more for him than getting a college degree. […]

Business And Sports Executive

December 11, 2012

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It’s sometimes strange to differentiate a business and a sports executive when organized commercial sport is a business.  Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. has traversed both these worlds at the elite level. His father Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. was into real estate successfully pioneering the development of shopping malls. DeBartolo joined the family business, Edward J. […]