T. Russell Shields
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Russ Shields is an American entrepreneur who is known for investing in and leading Navteq
to profitability and finally selling it to Nokia
for $8 billion. He is now founder and chair of Ygomi LLC. He has a BS in mathematics from Wichita State, and an MA (history) and MBA from the University of Chicago
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He was the recipient of the 2008 Entrepreneurial Alumni award from the Chicago Graduate School of Business
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NAVTEQ
Navteq is a Chicago, Illinois-based provider of Geographic Information Systems data and is a dominant company in providing the base electronic navigable maps...
to profitability and finally selling it to Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
for $8 billion. He is now founder and chair of Ygomi LLC. He has a BS in mathematics from Wichita State, and an MA (history) and MBA from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
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He was the recipient of the 2008 Entrepreneurial Alumni award from the Chicago Graduate School of Business
Booth School of Business
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is a graduate business school located in Chicago, Illinois, at the University of Chicago. Formerly known as the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago Booth is the second oldest business school in the U.S., the first such school...
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