Steve Cartozian:  

Life After Maine East, I went to Kendall College. A year later my father died, the world crashed, and I grew up fast…no more fast cars and fast women for me. I sold my 427 Corvette convertible and pushed freight at O'Hare to support the family. Before long, I said enough of this s__t. As soon as my mom was ok, I went back to Kendall, graduated and then on to Loyola. I was married in '71 (still am). I went to school full-time and paid for it by working full-time at ABC-TV as a cameraman and audio engineer, a very cool job. After graduating with honors and first in my major, I was hired by Procter and Gamble, and later moved to the Baltimore-Washington area. After three years I moved back Chicago. Over the next seven years, I worked for Uniroyal, Sara Lee and ultimately became General Manager for Ryobi America, a power tool company. Then, I started a marketing consulting firm. I figured I made millions for others why not myself. That was easier said than done. Nonetheless, ...Expand for more