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Norm Cole
Norm Cole grew up in Northern Wisconsin in a small sawmill town. His family was in the logging business.
His interest was in fishing and hunting and he worked as a guide during the...view moreNorm Cole grew up in Northern Wisconsin in a small sawmill town. His family was in the logging business.
His interest was in fishing and hunting and he worked as a guide during the high school years. He worked for the family and was given responsible work of driving logging trucks and working in the sawmills owned by the family.
He was active in the small Bible Church that had a membership of 30. Norm traveled 50 miles each day to Florence High School and graduated at the age of 16.
Norm had his parents sign for him to go into the service as soon as he was out of school and age 17. He served in the U.S. Air force for four years as a mechanic on heavy equipment. After getting discharged he enrolled in college and received his BS degree in Industrial Technology.
Upon graduation he enrolled in flight school and got his pilot license for ground and watercraft.
He got married in his last year of undergraduate school and he went to work in an underground iron mine in Northern Michigan as a welder. He then went back to graduate school for two years and received his MBA degree
He worked as a private contractor for the state of Minnesota in the area of finance for ten years. During this time he purchased a small resort and hired help to rebuild the resort and within three years he sold this resort and bought a wilderness Island Resort in Northern Ontario, Canada. This wilderness camp provided years of float plane flying in Canada.
He has published journal articles in national magazines on Human Services Financing.
Norm formed a marketing company named Executive Travel that made reservations for many exotic outdoor hunting and fishing trips across the world.
Norm founded another company named RSG, Inc. He still owns and operates this company. The company buys resorts and campgrounds and has them rebuilt and then resold. He has sold over a hundred tourist businesses and is a commercial real estate broker in the state of Minnesota.
His wife Gloria and him have three children and 10 grandchildren and currently own resorts that are managed.view less