by Henry W. Bloch (BS 1944) LexION Capital Management was co-founded by Elle Kaplan (BA), CEO Merrill Lynch was co-founded by Charles Edward Merrill (attended Law School from 1906-07 but did not graduate) The National Baseball Seminar was founded by Bill Gamson. When he moved to the University of Michigan in 1962, he recruited about 25 people to his game, including Robert Sklar, a history professor. In 1968, Professor Sklar mentioned it to Daniel Okrent, a student he was advising. A decade later, Mr. Okrent invented the more complex Rotisserie League Baseball, which lets its “owners” make in-season trades; it's considered the closest ancestor to today's billion-dollar fantasy sports industry. Redbox was founded by Gregg Kaplan who is also the founder of Modjule LLC, and the former president and COO of Coinstar. The Related Group was founded by Stephen M. Ross (BUS: BBA 1962), real estate developer Saba Capital Management was founded by hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein (BA 1995), who specialized in credit derivatives trading Science Applications International Corporation was founded by J. Robert Beyster (COE: BSE, MS, Ph.D.), chairman, president, and CEO of The co-founder of Scientific Games Corporation, is John Koza (MA Mathematics 1966; BA 1964, MS 1966, Ph. D 1972 Computer Science), venture capitalist who co-invented the scratch-off instant lottery ticket Lockheed's Skunk Works was founded by Kelly Johnson (COE) Syntel was founded by Bharat Desai (BUS: MBA 1981), president, and CEO; Indian billionaire Stryker Corporation, a medical device company, was founded by Dr. Homer Stryker (MED: M.D. 1925; D. 1980) Twilio was co-founded by Jeff Lawson who owns 5% of the $45 billion entity The founder and CEO of Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI software provider is Brad Keywell (BUS: BBA 1991; LAW: JD 1993), serial entrepreneur Wasserstein Perella & Co. was co-founded by Bruce Wasserstein (AB 1967), CEO of Lazard Freres Educators Frank Aarebrot, professor of comparative politics at University of Bergen Ida Louise Altman (A.B.), author of Emigrants and Society Edgardo J. Angara (LAW: LLM 1964), Secretary of Agriculture (emeritus) and former Executive Secretary of the Philippines W. Brian Arthur (MA 1969), Lagrange Prize in Complexity Science 2008; Schumpeter Prize in Economics 1990; Guggenheim Fellow 1987–88; Fellow of the Econometric Society John "Jack" William Atkinson (Ph.D. 1950), psychologist who pioneered the scientific study of human motivation, achievement and behavior Henry Moore Bates (Ph.B. 1890), dean of the University of Michigan Law School (1910–1939);