William T. Ylvisaker

[2] In 1967, he became the chairman and chief executive officer of Gould, Inc.[2] He built a corporate campus in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, that included health clubs, swimming pools and running tracks.

[2] He retired in 1986 and founded Corporate Focus, a consulting firm on mergers and acquisitions.

[2][5] He owned three additional companies: Penske Tank Inc., Mercury Metal Products Inc., and Ultraflo.

[3] In 1991, he was appointed to the executive committee of CDC Development Solutions by President George H. W. Bush and took trips to Poland, where he trained businesspeople.

[3] He co-founded the Polo Training Foundation alongside Northrup R. Knox and C. Heath Manning in 1967, and he served as its first vice president.