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Eric Lefkofsky Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Eric Lefkofsky? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Eric Lefkofsky co-founded Groupon, the daily deals giant, in 2008.

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He co-founded Groupon with Andrew Mason and others in 2008, becoming a billionaire after its rapid growth and IPO.

2.

Eric Lefkofsky once played professional basketball for the Chicago Bulls.

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Lefkofsky is a tech entrepreneur and investor, not an athlete; he never played in the NBA.

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Lefkofsky co-founded Lightbank, a venture capital firm, with Brad Keywell.

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He and Brad Keywell launched Lightbank in 2010, investing in early-stage tech startups like Uber and Fab.

4.

Eric Lefkofsky earned his medical degree from Harvard before starting tech companies.

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Eric Lefkofsky holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School, not a medical degree from Harvard. He practiced law before becoming a tech entrepreneur.

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Eric Lefkofsky co-founded the company InnerWorkings in 2001.

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He co-founded InnerWorkings, a print procurement firm, in 2001. The company later went public and generated over $1 billion in revenue.

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Eric Lefkofsky funded a startup that built the first commercial quantum computer.

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He co-founded Tempus, a health tech company using AI for cancer care, but has no involvement with quantum computing startups.

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Eric Lefkofsky donated $100 million to build a new campus for his alma mater, the University of Michigan.

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Lefkofsky and his wife donated $100 million to the Art Institute of Chicago, not the University of Michigan.

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Tempus, Eric Lefkofsky's health tech firm, went public via a SPAC merger in 2021.

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Tempus actually went public through a traditional initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq in June 2024, not via a SPAC merger in 2021.

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