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Milt Wilcox

After helping lead the Detroit Tigers to their most recent World Series championship in 1984, former pitcher Milt Wilcox finished his 16-year Major League Baseball career two years later and began working in various manufacturing sales positions.
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Green Leader

Operating a fast-growing, homegrown electronics recycling company — revenue has doubled every year since 2000 — Nathan Zach says the higher prices he’s getting for copper, brass, and steel can be problematic.
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Ken Gehlert

Much like the wine business, the coffee industry still lends itself to Old World charm. “There’s still a sense of mystery and romance to coffee because you must test each and every blend,” says Guy T. Gehlert, co-owner of Cadillac Coffee in Madison Heights with his brothers Ken and Dick.

The Next Power Play

Nuclear power is making a comeback in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere as higher fuel prices and political fallout from oil imports have helped change consumer opinions.
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Health Care on Wheels

Three years ago, David Curtis and two partners acquired the company, Residential Home Health (RHH), and have since propelled it to nearly triple-digit growth.

A Flair for the Dramatic

General Motors will survive, but to do so, it must develop more revolutionary products and overhaul its stodgy image.
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Pat McQueen

Drive up to a certain 320-acre spread of land near West Branch on any given weekend and you’ll find Pat McQueen, chairman and CEO of The PrivateBank in Bloomfield Hills.
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A National Health Plan?

At first blush, launching an online insurance company after a 13-year career in real estate doesn’t sound promising. So how has Lorne Zalesin utilized his past life as a homebuilder to sell health insurance over the Internet?
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Dave Dombrowski

Taking time out from running the $138.7-million payroll of the Detroit Tigers, Dave Dombrowski sought inspiration from the team’s power hitters of yesteryear.
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Amaury Diaz Serrano

Nine months ago, Amaury Diaz Serrano’s boss at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren gave the vehicle designer an unusual assignment.

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