Jack D. Gulati, author and serial entrepreneur, will be the keynote speaker at the Fall Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Presentation on Wednesday October 28, 2015, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in room 5, Luerssen, Penn State Berks. Author of the book titled Serial Entrepreneur, Gulati, will present "Serial Entrepreneur with Life Lessons Learned." This event is free and open to the public.
Born in India in 1942, Gulati immigrated to America with his family in 1958 when he was 15 years old. He attended high school in New York City, graduating in 1959. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota, and after a somewhat circuitous route, he received Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1966.
Like his father and grandfather before him, Gulati had ambitions to become an entrepreneur. He acquired his first business in 1968 at the age of 26, and in the ensuing years, he bought, sold or created 40 businesses. His companies in the United States and Europe have included Fidelity Technologies Corporation, TeleAlarm Group, Fidelity Investment Corporation, SafetyCare Technologies and Stokesay Castle. In 2014, Gulati bought the Reading Royals Ice Hockey team, in order to keep the team from moving away from the City of Reading.
Gulati has received many honors over the years. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the White House Conference on Small Business in 1986, and President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Small Business Advisory Committee of Federal Communications Commission. In 1992, Gulati was part of a delegation sent to Dakar, Senegal, to advise African countries on matters involving the transition from military to civil rule.
Gulati was elected Township Supervisor in Upper Merion Township, Pa., serving from 1980-1986. He also ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress from the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania in 1982. Over the years, he has been involved in civic and business organizations, namely the Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, and the National Federation of Independent Business.
For more information about this presentation, contact Dr. Jui-Chi Huang, Associate Professor of Economics and Co-chair, Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, at [email protected].
