Paul Orfalea
Paul Orfalea (Arabic: بول أورفاليا) (born November 28, 1947), nicknamed "Kinko" because of his curly red hair, founded the copy-chain Kinko's.[1] His father descends from Urfa.
Orfalea was born in Los Angeles, California to parents of Lebanese descent.[1] He is currently a philanthropist and a visiting professor in the Global and International Studies Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB),[2] and the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business.
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[edit] Kinko's
Paul Orfalea founded Kinko's in 1970. It is presently owned by FedEx under the name FedEx Office.
[edit] Publications
In 2005, Orfalea coauthored the book Copy This! Lessons from a hyperactive dyslexic who turned a bright idea into one of America’s best companies.
"I get bored easily, and that is a great motivator," he said. "I think everybody should have dyslexia and A.D.D."[3]
In 2007 he also coauthored the book The Entrepreneurial Investor: The Art, Science, and Business of Value Investing along with West Coast Asset Management coauthors Lance Helfert, Atticus Lowe, and Dean Zatkowsky.
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