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310:. In 1986, he led a leveraged buyout of Kaepa from Wolverine World Wide, Inc., and sold the company in 1996. He has also served as the president of Andover Consulting Group in Boston, Massachusetts, and Vice- President of Marketing at Converse, Inc. in , and Managing Director of The Strategic Consulting Group of Marketing Corporation of America, in Westport, Connecticut.
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University of Michigan, Legacki has had a long career in business. He started his career in advertising with Ogilvy & Mather in New York. He was the President and CEO of Kaepa, Inc., an athletic footwear company based in
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439:"Michigan Looks Like Swim Champ". The Times (San Mateo, CA). 1961-03-25.
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