Steve Belkin is the founder of Trans National Group, travel and other services, especially to affinity groups. He graduated from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

. He has served on the Board of Trustees, and was named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004. He is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan and lives in Weston, an affluent Boston

Boston

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 suburb. He was once a minority shareholder of Atlanta Spirit, LLC

Atlanta Spirit, LLC

Atlanta Spirit, LLC is an Atlanta, Georgia-based partnership who owned the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and their home arena, Philips Arena. The seven partners who comprise the group are Michael Gearon, Jr., Bruce Levenson, Ed Peskowitz, J. Rutherford Seydel, Todd Foreman, J. Michael Gearon, Sr., and Beau...

; the group that owned the Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers

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 and Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...

.