Paul Orfalea

Paul Orfalea
Born (1947-11-28) November 28, 1947 (age 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known forFounding Kinko's

Paul J. Orfalea (born November 28, 1947) is an American businessman who founded the copy-chain Kinko's.[1]

Orfalea was born in Los Angeles, California to Lebanese parents.[2] He is currently a philanthropist and a visiting professor at California Lutheran University's School of Management, in the Global and International Studies Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB),[3] at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business, and at the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship for the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University.[4]

  1. ^ Carmichael, Evan. "The Curly Haired Copy Entrepreneur: The Rise of Paul Orfalea". Evancarmichael.com. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Ofalea, Paul. Founder of Kinko's". Encyclopedia.com.
  3. ^ "The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  4. ^ "Paul Orfalea's Boot Camp for Life". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2015-04-09.