Gary Hoover, Bigwig Games Director, Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President began his entrepreneurial journey at a young age. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago and resides in Austin, Texas. He spent 9 years as a retail analyst and executive at Citibank (NY), Federated Department Stores (Dallas), and the May Department Stores Company (St. Louis). He has founded 4 companies prior to Bigwig Games, including the Reference Press, which was later renamed Hoover’s, Inc, and which today Management believes to be one of the most important purveyors of company and industry information on the Internet. Gary also founded book superstore chain BOOKSTOP, Inc., in 1982.Today, Gary Hoover travels the world speaking to Fortune 500 executives, trade associations, entrepreneurs, and college and high school students about how enterprises are built and how they stand the test of time.