Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Illinois

CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL IS AN ILLINI, PHOTOGRAPHER, INVESTOR, AND ENTREPRENEUR.

His the founder of Affinity Labs and Military.com and currently runs Nautilus Ventures, a seed venture fund. Chris also served as a Naval Flight Officer in the United States Navy and he worked in the Pentagon as Aide to the Chief of the Naval Reserve.

Chris earned his commission from the NROTC program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1990 and was selected as the distinguished naval graduate. He also holds and MBA from the Harvard Business School where he is currently the entrepreneur-in-residence. Chris was named a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and serves as a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.