Christopher Michel
{{Short description|American photographer, entrepreneur, and investor}}
{{Distinguish|text= American actor, director and writer Christopher Michael}}
{{COI|date=September 2021}}
Christopher P. Michel is an American photographer and entrepreneur, who founded Military.com.{{Cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Greg |date=2000-03-25 |title=Entrepreneurs, Generals Join Forces To Launch Web Sites for Soldiers |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB953852282497559575 |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0099-9660}} He is the current artist in residence at the National Academies.
Early life and career
Michel attended the University of Illinois. He served as a flight officer in the US Navy,{{Cite web |title=Chris Michel {{!}} Union of Concerned Scientists |url=https://www.ucsusa.org/about/people/chris-michel |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.ucsusa.org |language=en}} and later as a lieutenant commander in the reserves. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998,{{cite web|url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=6374|title=Developing Leaders Behind Bars - Alumni - Harvard Business School|author=|date=23 August 2017|website=www.alumni.hbs.edu|access-date=29 January 2019}} and returned to the school as an entrepreneur-in-residence in 2010.{{cite press release |url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/2010entrepreneursinresidence.html/ |url-status=dead |title=Harvard Business School Welcomes Nine Entrepreneurs-in-Residence |website=Harvard Business School |access-date=September 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916191040/http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/2010entrepreneursinresidence.html |archive-date=September 16, 2010 }}
Career
= Business =
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.{{Cite news |last=Bransten|first=Lisa |date=2001-08-27 |title=Military Advantage Gets Funds For Targeting Veterans, Military |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB998858467773570917 |access-date=2023-09-21 |issn=0099-9660}} It was acquired by Monster.com in 2004.{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB107944843863356745 |title=Monster Buys Military Site |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 16, 2004 | url-access=subscription |issn=0099-9660}}
In 2006, he founded Affinity Labs, a company building social networking and career-building sites for professional communities. It was acquired by Monster.com in 2008.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/1/monster-mnst-buys-career-verticals-for-61m |last=Frommer |first=Dan |title=Monster (MNST) Buys Career Verticals For $61M | work=Business Insider | date=January 4, 2008}}{{Cite news |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/monster-has-affinity-for-61-million/ |title=Monster to Acquire Affinity Labs for $61 Million | work=The New York Times | date=January 7, 2008 | url-access=limited}} In 2010, his work with these companies was profiled in The Intelligent Entrepreneur.{{cite book |title=The Intelligent Entrepreneur |isbn=978-0805091663 |last=Murphy Jr. |first=Bill |date=12 October 2010 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company }}
In 2008 he started an early stage investment firm, Nautilus Ventures.{{Cite web |title=Nautilus Ventures Overview |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/51032-62#overview |access-date=September 19, 2023 |publisher=Pitchbook}}{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Former Foxconn and Samsung execs launch VC firm |url=https://fortune.com/2015/02/09/exclusive-former-foxconn-and-samsung-execs-launch-vc-firm/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Fortune |language=en}}
= Writing and photography =
From 2005 to 2009 he wrote The Military Advantage, a guide to veterans benefits.{{Cite book |last=Michel |first=Christopher P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IC-1xpRPoXEC |title=The Military Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Military & Veterans Benefits |date=2005-12-20 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-6946-9 |language=en}} Starting in 2009, publication was taken over by the Naval Institute Press.{{Cite book |last=Booher |first=Alice A. |url=https://www.bva.va.gov/docs/VLR_VOL6/VLR_6th_Edition_Book_Article_3_sec7.pdf |title=Veterans Law Review |year=2013 |edition=6th |pages=264–269}}
He is a nature and portrait photographer,{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jefferson |title=Chris Michel's tips on street and travel photography |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/11/meet-photographer-chris-michel/70151730/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} producing collections for the Navy{{Cite news |date=2015-05-28 |title=On the edge of space: A photographer's out-of-this-world selfie, 70,000 feet above the Earth |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/05/28/on-the-edge-of-space-a-photographers-out-of-this-world-selfie-70000-feet-above-the-earth/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}} and for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he advised on climate communication.{{Cite web |title=Climate Communications Initiative |url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/climate-communications-initiative#sectionCommittee |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.nationalacademies.org}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=The 'New Heroes' of Caltech and JPL |url=https://magazine.caltech.edu/post/national-academies-new-heroes-faculty-portraits |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Caltech Magazine |language=en-US}} In 2021 he became their first artist in residence,{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/03/national-academies-of-sciences-engineering-and-medicine-name-inaugural-artist-in-residence |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=www.nationalacademies.org|title= National Academies Names Inaugural Artist in Residence}} producing a portrait series of American scientists.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-08 |title=Up Close – Engineering Education ASEE Prism |url=https://www.asee-prism.org/up-close-6/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |language=en-US}}
He has taught photography at the Esalen Institute{{Cite web |title=Christopher Michel {{!}} Faculty Member {{!}} Esalen |url=https://www.esalen.org/faculty/christopher-michel |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.esalen.org}} and Santa Fe Workshops,{{Cite web |title=Christopher Michel |url=https://santafeworkshops.com/instructors/christopher-michel/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Santa Fe Workshops |language=en-US}} and was an ambassador for Leica Camera.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Michel: The Best Stories Come From Inside - The Leica camera Blog |url=https://leica-camera.blog/2014/08/12/christopher-michel-the-best-stories-come-from-inside/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=leica-camera.blog}}{{Citation |title= #StayHomewithLeica - TO THE END OF THE EARTH - Om Malik and Chris Michel interview | date=8 May 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO_BALVMepM |access-date=2023-09-21 |language=en}}
== Selected photographs ==
Robert Sapolsky in 2023 A 16.jpg|Robert Sapolsky (2023)
Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpg|Emperor penguin in Antarctica (2013)
Humpback Whales - Flickr - Christopher.Michel (38).jpg|Humpback whale (2014)
Tenzin Gyatso - 14th Dalai Lama (2012).jpg|Dalai Lama (2012)
A_woman_of_Papua_New_Guinea_with_facepaint.jpg|Woman in Papua New Guinea (2004)
References
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External links
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- {{official|https://www.christophermichel.com/ }}
- [https://www.flickr.com/people/cmichel67/ Flickr account]
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