Brian Abrams

Business mentor, Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur

Entrepreneur, chief executive, lawyer and CPA with deep transactional, financial and legal experience who has built and led companies to achieve outstanding financial results through the integration of technology, reimagination of existing supply chains and drive for operating excellence. Most recently, Brian served as CEO and Board Chair of Corporate Imaging Concepts, a company he founded and led to the top 30 in sales volume out 19,000 industry companies. In recognition of his product innovation within the branded merchandise space, in 2016, Brian was recognized as the industry's Entrepreneur of the Year. Brian with his wife, Patty, are the co-founders of Beacon Academy, an International Baccalaureate high school in Evanston, IL - the first Montessori high school in Illinois. Brian is an investor in both start-ups and private equity backed companies serving on the Board as an outside director of closely held companies and a mentor to many CEOs. More recently, Brian's interests have included social enterprises and impact investing.

Equal access to education. Pre-1970 for profit business models. Supporting social entrepreneurs and enterprises. My family (wife and two daughters).

Education, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Social Entrepreneurship