Graduate a CEO

Jim Hunter

Jim Hunter is the Bostrom Entrepreneur-in-Residence and has taught entrepreneurship courses at the Lubar School of Business since the late 1990s. He is the past president/managing member of three companies, CFO of one company, Executive Vice President of one company, and director of three companies/organizations. Jim has mentored students and others as they have purchased or started a business. His objective has been to help entrepreneurs to create successful businesses.

Jim, himself, bought a failing business early in his career and he worked, unsuccessfully, to turn the company around. He lost everything he owned except for a car and a home with a mortgage. Family members went to work as Jim started three activities to make income to support the family (started a distribution company to sell the products previously sold in his failed business; started a management consulting business to help small businesses; started teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.)

After starting several businesses, Jim sold two of them for significant profits. He continues teaching, acting as an advisor to individuals starting and running companies, and serving on free-market-oriented non-profit boards.