Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hall of Fame
Established in 2019, the Mike Ilitch School of Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hall of Fame honors inductees based on long-standing, demonstrated commitment to vision, innovation and perseverance within the Detroit business community and beyond. The EI Hall of Fame is a program of the Ilitch School's Belinsky Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL), which was created in 2018 thanks to a generous gift from alumnus Russell Belinsky and the Belinsky Family Trust. The BELL provides resources, insights and expertise to help launch sustainable, investment-ready student startups and startups based on Wayne State University's intellectual property.
Class of 2023
Carolyn Cassin
President and CEO, Michigan Women Forward
Class of 2021
Krish Panu
Co-founder and managing director, PointGuard Ventures
Raj Vattikuti
Chairman and CEO, Altimetrik
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services
Class of 2020
Russell Belinsky
Managing general partner of LB Capital Advisors, LLC
Paul A. Glantz
Co-founder and chairman of Emagine Entertainment, Inc.
George G. Johnson
Founder of George Johnson & Company
Mary Kramer
Vice president and group publisher of Crain Communications
Class of 2019
Marian Ilitch
Co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza; founder and chairwoman of Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
Florine Mark
President and CEO of The WW Group
Bernard D. (Bernie) Moray
Chairman of Gorman's Home Furnishings & Interior Design
