Stanley Frankel heads Frankel Associates, a privately held commercial real estate development and management company founded by his father.

Frankel prefers to describe himself as being in the “people business” because, he says, all facets of Frankel Associates are fundamentally about people. In the early 1990s, Frankel and his wife, Judy, made a gift to the University of Michigan Business School to further the understanding of entrepreneurship, particularly international entrepreneurship, among business students. They requested the gift create hands-on learning opportunities, with benefits similar to those garnered by law school students during moot court.

By 1996, MBA students were on-the-ground providing business consulting to Israeli-based technology start-ups through the IMAP (International Multidisciplinary Action Projects) and the Global Projects elective. The initial gift grew to become a ten-year grant that to date has supported 543 students involved in 120 international projects ranging from business or strategic planning to U.S. market entry or market expansion projects.

In 2000, Stanley Frankel was awarded the University of Michigan Business School’s Distinguished Alumni Award for his exemplary business practices and longstanding community service as well as his support of IMAP and Global Project courses.

Mr. Frankel received an A.B. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1963 and an MBA from its business school in 1964. He has served on the Business School’s Development Advisory Board and its National Campaign Committee and currently is a member of its Visiting Committee.