Michael Alter
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Michael Alter is an American
businessman who is the president of his own company, the Alter Group, which is as of 2005, one of the nation's ten largest commercial real estate developers.
Throughout the Alter Group’s 50-year history, they have developed nearly 100000000 square feet (9,290,304 m²) of commercial real estate. The group won the Beyond the Box: Exceptional Industrial Projects award numerous award for its development of the Thomson Learning Distribution Center.
Alter is also founder and president of City Year Chicago, which is best known for its signature program, The City Year Youth Service Corps. The goal in the program is to bring together approximately 1,000 people ranging in age from 17-24 from diverse backgrounds and put them through a full-time commitment of a year of community service, leadership development, and civic engagement where they mentor children.
Alter has a bachelor of arts degree in government from Harvard University
and a law degree from the University of Chicago
. He and his wife Ellen are parents of three children. They live in Winnetka, IL.
In 2005, he became the principal owner and chairman of the WNBA
team: the Chicago Sky
.
In 2009, Michael Alter was part of an investment team that purchased The New Republic
, one of the nation’s oldest political and cultural magazines.
United States
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businessman who is the president of his own company, the Alter Group, which is as of 2005, one of the nation's ten largest commercial real estate developers.
Throughout the Alter Group’s 50-year history, they have developed nearly 100000000 square feet (9,290,304 m²) of commercial real estate. The group won the Beyond the Box: Exceptional Industrial Projects award numerous award for its development of the Thomson Learning Distribution Center.
Alter is also founder and president of City Year Chicago, which is best known for its signature program, The City Year Youth Service Corps. The goal in the program is to bring together approximately 1,000 people ranging in age from 17-24 from diverse backgrounds and put them through a full-time commitment of a year of community service, leadership development, and civic engagement where they mentor children.
Alter has a bachelor of arts degree in government from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and a law degree from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He and his wife Ellen are parents of three children. They live in Winnetka, IL.
In 2005, he became the principal owner and chairman of the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
team: the Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
.
In 2009, Michael Alter was part of an investment team that purchased The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, one of the nation’s oldest political and cultural magazines.
External links
- The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/