Patrick J. Spain (born 1952) is a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of First Stop Health, LLC., a provider of telehealth and patient advocacy services and the co-founder and Executive Chairman of news curation site Newser. He is also the co-founder and, prior to its sale to D&B in 2003 long-time Chairman and CEO of Hoover's. He also founded and was CEO of HighBeam Research.Spain attended the University of Chicago and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in Ancient Roman History in 1974. He worked for Gladstone Associates, now part of Accenture from 1974 to 1977 before attending law school at Boston University whence he graduated in 1979. Intrigued by the opportunities at the emerging intersection of information and technology, following graduation and went to work as an associate counsel for Extel Corporation, a telex manufacturer. At the university he met Gary Hoover. Wikipedia
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