▁estate ▁companies , ▁T . ▁Wall ▁Properties , ▁L LC , ▁which ▁special ized ▁in ▁office ▁space ▁development ▁and ▁property ▁management , ▁and ▁T . ▁Wall ▁Enter pr ises , ▁which ▁focus es ▁on ▁developing ▁multi - family ▁a partment ▁complex es . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Wall ▁ran ▁an ▁un success ful ▁campaign ▁for ▁United ▁States ▁Senate ▁in ▁Wisconsin , ▁withdraw ing ▁from ▁the ▁race ▁before ▁the ▁primary ▁election . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Wall ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁Mad ison , ▁Wisconsin . ▁He ▁earned ▁the ▁E agle ▁Sc out ▁award ▁from ▁the ▁Boy ▁Sc outs ▁of ▁America . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Edge wood ▁High ▁School ▁and ▁attended ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin - Mad ison , ▁gradu ating ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁econom ics . ▁He ▁continued ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin - Mad ison ▁Business ▁School ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁under ▁James ▁Gra ask amp ▁and ▁obtained ▁a ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁real ▁estate ▁app rais al ▁and ▁invest ment ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ ▁Business ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁with ▁his ▁father ' s ▁help ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁and ▁se cur ing ▁lo ans , ▁Wall ▁founded ▁T . ▁Wall ▁Properties ▁L LC . ▁The ▁company ▁maintained ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁office ▁space ▁port fol ios ▁in ▁Wisconsin ▁for ▁a ▁time . ▁Following ▁the ▁real ▁estate ▁crash ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁T . ▁Wall ▁Properties ' ▁board ▁voted ▁to ▁remove ▁Wall ▁as