Minnesota Business Hall of Fame
2008 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame

This year's inductees into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame join an elite group of the most accomplished Minnesota business leaders of all time.

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2008 Inductees
Members of the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame rank among Minnesota's most-accomplished business leaders of all time. They represent a variety of industries and regions within our state, and each is uniquely distinguished, but they also have much in common. Each has been an individual of enterprise who has improved Minnesota's business landscape. Each has been a leader, an agent of change, and a source of inspiration. Each has helped create a better world.
Gary Holmes

Gary Holmes

Gary Holmes became financially independent at age 21, and now owns an $800 million real estate company.
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Eugene Sit

Eugene Sit

Eugene Sit immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee knowing no English. He would found Sit Investment Associates, which now has $7 billion under management.
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Guy Schoenecker

Guy Schoenecker

Guy Schoenecker founded BI in 1950. Now, his company has operations in China, Dubai and elsewhere.
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Horst Rechelbacher

Horst Rechelbacher

Horst Rechelbacher founded plant-based hair-care product pioneer Aveda Corporation.
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Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson transformed a small-scale installer of insulation into a $1.5 million family of companies.
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2009 Awards Event
Thursday, July 23, 2009
2009 inductees and event information will available in late March.
        
Hall of Fame Members

1 Andersen, Elmer L. - H.B. Fuller

2 Anderson, Lee - APi Group

3 Annexstad, Al - Federated Insurance Companies

4 Austin, Bill - Starkey Laboratories

5 Bachman, Dale - Bachman's, Inc.

6 Bakken, Earl - North Hawaii Community Hospital

7 Barton, Ray - Great Clips

8 Blashack-Strahan, Jill - Tastefully Simple

9 Burnet, Ralph - Coldwell Banker Burnet

10 Carlson, Curtis L. - Carlson Companies

11 Carlson Nelson, Marilyn - Carlson Companies

12 Campbell, James - Wells Fargo

13 Dahlberg, Kenneth - Carefree Capital

14 Davis, Mark - Davisco Foods International

15 Dolphin, Dorothy - Dolphin Holdings

16 Fagen, Ron - Fagen, Inc.

17 Gegax, Tom - Tires Plus

18 Helgeson, Don - Gold’n Plump

19 Hetteen, Edgar - Polaris/Arctic Enterprises

20 Hoffman, Ebba - Smead Manufacturing

21 Holmes, Gary - CSM Corporation

22 Hubbard, Stanley - Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

23 Jacobs, Irwin - Genmar Holdings

24 Kierlin, Robert - Fastenal Company

25 Kotula, Don - Northern Tool & Equipment

26 Mackay, Harvey - Mackay Envelope

27 MacMillan, Whitney - Cargill

28 Marvin, William - Marvin Windows and Doors

29 McNamara, Richard - Activar

30 Melrose, Ken - Toro Company

31 Mooty, John - International Dairy Queen

32 Mortenson, M.A. - Mortenson Construction

33 Nath, Mahendra - Nath Companies

34 Offutt, Ron - Offutt Company

35 Olson, Earl - Jennie-O Foods

36 Paulucci, Luigino - Luigino’s, Inc.

37 Pellegrene, John - Target Corporation

38 Pohlad, Carl - Minnesota Twins

39 Rauenhorst, Gerald - Opus

40 Rechelbacher, Horst - Aveda Corporation

41 Rosen, Thomas - Rosen’s Diversified, Inc.

42 Ruvelson, Alan - First Midwest Ventures

43 Schoenecker, Guy - BI

44 Schulze, Richard - Best Buy

45 Sit, Eugene - Sit Investment Associates

46 Sparboe, Robert - Sparboe Companies

47 Taylor, Glen - Taylor Corporation

48 Verdoorn, Daryl R. - C. H. Robinson

49 Villafana, Manny - St. Jude Medical

50 Wallin, Win - Medtronic

51 Whitney, Wheelock - Whitney Management Company

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