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Michael W. Ferro, Jr. (born July 24, 1966) is an American inventor, investor and philanthropist. He is best known for founding the Internet software company Click Commerce. He is also the founder and CEO of Merrick Ventures LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm. An inventor of a number of proprietary products and processes, Ferro holds multiple patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Click Commerce Granted Innovative Database Security Patent )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = List of Patentees )〕 Most recently, Ferro was issued a patent for his innovations in medical imaging for MERGE healthcare,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Patents by Inventor Michael W. Ferro, Jr. )〕 and several of Ferro’s developments are currently patent pending. Ferro is active in the Midwest’s budding tech scene, where he focuses on mentoring young entrepreneurs. Ferro was named to the "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans" list and is a perennial honoree on the "Who’s Who" list by ''Crain’s Chicago Business''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = The Registry: Michael W. Ferro, Jr. )〕 Ferro currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. ==Early career== Michael W. Ferro, Jr. was born in 1966 in Merrick, New York and went on to grow up in Illinois. At the age of 15, while attending high school, Ferro started his first company, Earth Wood Care (EWC). Ferro continued to develop and operate the company full-time while attending the University of Illinois Chicago. Earth Wood Care was acquired by Lisle-based Pettibone in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = 40 Under 40 )〕 Ferro joined Pettibone at the time of the transaction, and at the age of 25, became the company’s youngest division president,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title = Executive Profile: Michael W. Ferro Jr. )〕 and devised a plan for the company to place its inventory and price sheets on the Internet so customers could process their own orders, a revolutionary concept for the manufacturing industry at the time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael W. Ferro, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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