ABOUT MIKE

Mike Gibbons was born in Cleveland and grew up in the working-class suburb of Parma, Ohio. His father, Gene Gibbons, was a high school teacher and wrestling coach. Mike played football at St. Ignatius High School and Kenyon College, and went to work early – first with a paper route, then as a landscaper, later on construction crews and the factory floor.

After earning degrees from Kenyon, Case Western, and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Mike Gibbons went into the world of business.