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William J. Devers, Jr., President of Devers Group, Inc., established in 1983 as a vehicle for his private investments. Mr. Devers grew the company to $75 million in revenue employing about 700, financed solely with his own capital and commercial bank lines.
In his early years, Devers worked for IBM and Honeywell. In 1968, Devers was given the opportunity to start a new business venture with the financial support of Trans Union Corporation, automating consumer credit records in order to provide computerized credit reports to consumer credit grantors. Today the company is one of the three national consumer credit reporting companies in the United States along with TRW and Equifax.
Currently, Devers is Chairman of the Board for Global Turnkey Systems, Inc. and Network Computing Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Schwarz Paper Company, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Big Shoulders Fund. In addition, Mr. Devers serves on the Advisory Board at Notre Dame University, Catholic Charities of Chicago and is a Trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry.
He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, with a bachelor's degree in Economics. | 