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Christopher P. Michel is an American photographer and entrepreneur, who founded Military.com. [1] He is the current artist in residence at the National Academies.
Michel attended the University of Illinois. He served as a flight officer in the US Navy, [2] and later as a lieutenant commander in the reserves. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998, [3] and returned to the school as an entrepreneur-in-residence in 2010. [4]
In 2000, Michel founded Military.com, an early website providing news and practical information about the military for active service members, veterans, and their family members. [5] It was acquired by Monster Worldwide in 2004. [6]
In 2006, he founded Affinity Labs, a company building social networking and career-building sites for professional communities. It was acquired in 2008. [7] [8] In 2010, his work with these companies was profiled in The Intelligent Entrepreneur. [9]
In 2008 he started an early stage investment firm, Nautilus Ventures. [10] [11]
From 2005 to 2009 he wrote The Military Advantage, a guide to veterans benefits. [12] Starting in 2009, publication was taken over by the Naval Institute Press. [13]
He is a nature and portrait photographer, [14] producing collections for the Navy [15] and for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he advised on climate communication. [16] [17] In 2021 he became their first artist in residence, [18] producing a portrait series of American scientists. [17] [19] He has taught photography at the Esalen Institute [20] and Santa Fe Workshops, [21] and was an ambassador for Leica Camera. [22] [23]
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