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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Gary HolmesGary Holmes became financially independent at age 21, and now owns an $800 million real estate company. |
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Eugene SitEugene 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 SchoeneckerGuy Schoenecker founded BI in 1950. Now, his company has operations in China, Dubai and elsewhere. |
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Horst RechelbacherHorst Rechelbacher founded plant-based hair-care product pioneer Aveda Corporation. |
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Lee AndersonLee Anderson transformed a small-scale installer of insulation into a $1.5 million family of companies. |
2009 inductees and event information will available in late March.
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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