Paul Orfalea
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Paul Orfalea (Arabic: بول أورفاليا), nicknamed "Kinko" because of his curly red hair, founded the copy-chain Kinko's. He is currently a philanthropist and a visiting professor in the Global and International Studies Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara and USC Greif center. He was commemorated with a plaque by the community of Isla Vista, which is next to the UCSB campus, where the original Kinko's copy shop was founded.
Orfalea also hired salesmen to sell notebooks and other stationary at the dorms of UCSB.
In 2005, Orfalea coauthored the book Copy This! Lessons from a hyperactive dyslexic who turned a bright idea into one of America’s best companies.
He founded the Orfalea Foundation which among other things sponsors NOW (TV series) with David Brancaccio
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