2002 - Present Fellow:
Jim Hornthal

Hornthal served as the founding Chairman of Preview Travel since its inception in 1985 and was the founding Vice-Chairman of the Board for Travelocity.com, created when Preview Travel merged with Travelocity. He left in 2002 when the company was acquired by Sabre.

Prior to starting Preview Travel, Mr. Hornthal was a General Partner at Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital firm, and a Consultant for The Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm. Mr. Hornthal is an active angel investor, and is regularly incubating new ventures. He is the Vice Chairman of Charles Chocolates, a gourmet confection company, and is a director of several other private companies.

Jim is a Venture Partner with CMEA Ventures, a diversified venture fund with
$1.2 billion under management with investments in information technology, life sciences, and energy/clean-tech.

There have been two Harvard Case Studies written on Jim Hornthal and Preview Travel, and he frequently helps the Lester Center Executive Director, Jerry Engel, present the case in Jerry's classes.

Fellows in Entrepreneurship:
2004 - Terry Opdendyk
2003 - Kevin Brown
2002 - Jim Hornthal
2001 - Steve Domenik
2000 - Hubbard C. Howe
1999 - Reese Jones
1998 - Jerry Fiddler
1997 - Joan Cooper
1996 - Anita Dimondstein

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