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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 ]
Paul Orfalea, whose nickname was "Kinko" because of his curly hair, founded the company as Kinko's in 1970.Its first copy shop, which Orfalea opened with a sidewalk copy machine, was in the college community of Isla Vista, California, next to the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Paul Orfalea – founder of Kinko's; Richard Rainwater (1944–2015) – investor and philanthropist; Richard Rashid – founder of Microsoft Research; Robert Khuzami – former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Thomas J. Barrack Jr. – businessman and founder of Colony Capital; Tony Fadell – product development ...
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The Orfalea College of Business is one of six colleges at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The business school was established in 1959 and later named after Paul Orfalea , founder of Kinko’s.
In 1970, Paul Orfalea founded Kinko's retail chain, in Isla Vista, California. Starting with a single copier that year, this copy service chain would expand to over 1,000 locations around the world. [6]
Paul Orfalea, Lebanese, founder of Kinko's [22] Richard E. Rainwater, Lebanese, investor and fund manager; Robert Khuzami, Lebanese, former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Thomas J. Barrack Jr., Lebanese, businessman and founder of Colony Capital
Paul Orfalea founded Kinko's in Isla Vista in 1970. [22] Many traditional businesses, including dentists, jewelers, and hairdressers fled Isla Vista. Isla Vista became sundered from the surrounding communities, and in the long run, most of the eclectic Isla Vista businesses have disappeared.