Michael Krasny (born 1952/1953) is an American billionaire businessman from Illinois.
He is the founder and former chief executive officer of CDW Corporation, a direct seller of technical gadgets including computers and networking equipment.
[1] He worked as a Toyota car salesman at his father's auto dealership in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
A year later he changed the name to Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW) and steadily grew the business.
[4] Krasny retired in 2007 after selling the company to Madison Dearborn Partners for $7.3 billion.