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479:– an indoor active play center for children. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO.) The company grew from one store opened in January 1990 to almost 500 stores within 5 years. In 1993, Discovery Zone completed an IPO with a NASDAQ listed stock. The market value of the company rose quickly to $ 1.2 billion. In 1995, under control of 454:– a chain of indoor sports malls. (Jorgensen was a so-founder with Ron Matsch and Dr, David Schoenstadt.) The company built indoor sports malls in the Midwest. The malls featured sports like; soccer, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, dance, and hockey with restaurants and stores to service participants and fans. 131:
tour and around the world. By 1976, the company was the world's largest promoter of professional tennis events, with the most events and the most attendance. Tournament cities included; London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Osaka, Monterrey, Atlanta, Stuttgart, and Tampa. In 1976, as promoter of
426:– a real estate development and investment company (Jorgensen was a co- founder and general partner with Dr. David Schoenstadt). (Hoffman 2006) The company developed several historic rehabilitations in Chicago and Kansas City as well as developing commercial and warehouse facilities in the Midwest. 193:– a foundation to foster the involvement of girls and women in sports participation. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and President) Jorgensen served as a Trustee for 15 years. He recruited Eva Auchincloss as executive director, and the board of trustees was expanded to include influential persons like 42:
at the age of 24. Jorgensen's industry selection for these new enterprises has been wide, running from retail to manufacturing, from Internet to mail order, and from oil exploration to insurance. Some of the entities remained small, while two of them reached market caps in excess of $ 1 billion.
460:– a registered investment advisor and asset allocation fund. (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Stanford classmate, Jerry Tomanek). (Hoffman 2006) The company has grown to more than $ 300 million under management. Bedrock Capital was acquired by United Capital Financial Advisors in January 2015. 505:– an Internet infomediary community (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO with co-founders Carl Anderson, Johannes Pohle and Oliver Brock). The company had a meteoric rise and fall within a two-year period. Launched on March 30, 1999, within 12 months the company had: 686:
founder and CEO Patrick Byrne. This event marked the high point of AllAdvantage. The NASDAQ continued its slide from its peak three weeks earlier, causing the company's IPO to stop. The company eventually closed its consumer service in January 2001. (Hoffman 2006)
699:– a travel company headquartered in Paris (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Alex Gourevitch, Bertrand d’Aleman, and Thomas Ferre). The company runs tour operations in Paris, San Francisco, Rome, London, Barcelona, Madrid, Prague, Lisbon and St. Petersburg, Russia. 705:– largest international organization of certified tattoo artists (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Danny Jorgensen, Rob Wagner, and James Wachira). The company runs the annual Tattoo Awards and certifies tattoo artists for quality workmanship around the world. 542:
On April 2, 2000, AllAdvantage held a first anniversary event at Jorgensen's Stanford campus home. The Democratic Party celebrated the company's anniversary with a fund raising dinner on Jorgensen's tented tennis court. The keynote speaker was President
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before and during his time as a graduate student. (Hoffman 2006) His first start in entrepreneurialism was to form the first New Enterprise Club at Stanford with classmate Rene "Ron" Sutton (the club later became the Stanford Entrepreneur Club).
20: 723:– under the author name of Jay Knight, Jorgensen has written two books; Nothing Ventured published in 2007 and The Happy Class published in 2014. The Happy Class book is shown on Facebook with 150,000 fans. 711:– largest internet marketplace for counterculture fashion and merchandise (Jorgensen was a co-founder with James Wachira and Rob Wagner). Company's internet following is led by its 1,300,000 Facebook page 466:– a medical malpractice insurance company. Jorgensen was a co-founder with Dr. David Schoenstadt. (Hoffman 2006) The company specializes in malpractice insurance solely for anesthesiologists. 1232: 1358: 497:– a sports training company. (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Ron Matsch). (Hoffman 2006) Headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, the company is a leading soccer training company. 896: 72:
and her husband Larry. (Hoffman 2006) Jorgensen's sports entrepreneurship started while still attending school. One of his first projects was to help negotiate the
693:– a management consulting firm that specializes in advising startups and new projects for larger corporations. (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Johannes Pohle). 270:
In 1978, Jorgensen moved to Los Angeles to head up a television production company and shortly thereafter went back to starting companies. Some of these were:
1128: 948: 127:– an international sports company. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO). Within three years, company created numerous tennis tournaments on and off the 161:– an entry in World Team Tennis in 1977. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the President). The team played 44 matches in 33 cities in 65 days. Its stars were 97:– a sports agency (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO). An early entry in female sports representation, Future Inc.’s clients included; Billie Jean, 185:. It was held on a tennis court the team built for the occasion near Miss Lillian's home and subsequently donated to the city of Plains. (Hoffman 1977) 218:– the first magazine dedicated to women in sports. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the President).The magazine was launched as a 16-page insert in 84:. The event became the most watched tennis event in history. Also at this time he helped in the formation of a new professional sports league, 1218: 1155: 1180: 859: 771: 39: 1317: 1291: 1145: 173:
and commodity trader and New York Sets owner Sol Berg. The team's most colorful event was held in Plains, Georgia and was hosted by
717:– in stealth pre-launch, it was billed as The Consumer Revolution (Jorgensen was a co-founder with Johannes Pohle and Ozan Taner). 231:
publisher in 1976, having reached a monthly circulation of 200,000. During that brief two-year period, the magazine got help from
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Over the next five years, Jorgensen formed several new ventures with Billie Jean and Larry King, including:
209:. Currently, the Women's Sports Foundation is one of the most influential organizations in women's sports. 1353: 1113: 795: 106: 267:, Dennis Murphy (WHL and WTT) and Billie Jean King). The league struggled for four years before folding. 757: 652: 525: 1348: 433: 1265: 448:. It was last of three different restaurants Jorgensen tried over the years, all of which failed.) 151:. (hoffman 2006) The company also created the event and television series, Women's Superstars with 35: 413: 564: 343: 220: 1108: 775: 1151: 1150:
Greg Hoffman, The Two Million Dollar Cough, The AllAdvantage Story, Kendall/Carson Press 2006
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magazine with Billie Jean King on the cover. The magazine was started in 1974 and sold to
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to her first WTA event where she beat Rosie Casals in the opening round. (Hoffman 2006)
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the Atlanta WTA tournament, Jorgensen made the decision to invite transsexual
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Greg Hoffman, The Art of World Team Tennis, San Francisco Book Company, 1977
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hired 850 employees, established 35 worldwide offices on four continents
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distributed over $ 100 million in cash distributions to its members
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During his second year of graduate school, Jorgensen met
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Index


Racine, Wisconsin
serial entrepreneur
Stanford Graduate School of Business
CPA
KPMG
Billie Jean King
Battle of the Sexes
Bobby Riggs
Jerry Perenchio
World Team Tennis
Chris Evert
Rosie Casals
Sandra Palmer
Jane Blalock
Mark McCormack
IMG
Women's Tennis Association
Renée Richards
Elton John
Ray Charles
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
ABC
Olga Morozova
Alex Metreveli
Jerry Buss
Lillian Carter
Billy Carter
Jimmy Carter
Women's Sports Foundation

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