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[WI]Wall files for U.S. Senate
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| Last Edited | Penguin Oct 25, 2009 01:22pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, October 25, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Terrence Wall announced that he has filed papers to run for the Wisconsin seat in the United States Senate (2010). Wall is a Wisconsin-raised, self-made entrepreneur who started from nothing and built a number of successful businesses. He is the founder of T. Wall Properties, a builder of office properties headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin and is considered an expert in economic development and job creation. Wall also founded the DaneVest Tech Fund, an investment capital fund that specializes in advising and providing capital for Wisconsin based technology start-ups so that they can grow and still remain in Wisconsin. Wall also formed The Wisconsin Foundation, a non-profit foundation specializing in philanthropy and training and assisting other non-profits in how to conduct capital campaigns for special projects.
Wall has been a significant contributor to charities in Wisconsin, including the new American Family Children’s Hospital, the Henry Vilas Zoo, the Salvation Army, St. Vincent DePaul, the Madison East Side Community Center, and the Boy Scouts of America. (Wall is an Eagle Scout.)
Wall has an economics degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a business degree from the Wisconsin School of Business. Wall got his start during the real estate recession of 1989 when there were no real estate jobs available – so he went out and started his own business. His first acquisition was a run-down 48-unit apartment complex that a bank sold him after foreclosure, providing Wall with 100% financing since he had no money. Wall spent the next few years cleaning, fixing and improving the property using ‘sweat equity’. He boot-strapped his way to success through hard work and risk taking. |
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