11 Facts About Randall Kaplan

1.

Randall Kaplan grew up in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan.

2.

Randall Kaplan received the school's first Distinguished Entrepreneur Award in 2006.

3.

In 1996, Randall Kaplan was hired as a chairman assistant at SunAmerica, working with Eli Broad.

4.

Randall Kaplan, known as "Mr Beach," is currently the CEO and founder of Sandee, a travel start-up.

5.

Randall Kaplan is the owner and CEO of CollarCard, LLC, a promotional products company.

6.

In 1996, Randall Kaplan started The Justice Ball, whose beneficiary is Bet Tzedek Legal Services.

7.

Randall Kaplan is the co-founder and current co-chair of The Imagine Ball, an annual charity concert whose proceeds benefit Imagine LA, a non-profit specializing in homelessness and poverty in LA.

8.

Randall Kaplan established the Julia Eder Dean's Scholarship at the University of Michigan in honor of his grandmother.

9.

Randall Kaplan has endowed a permanent full-tuition, need-based scholarship at the University of Michigan.

10.

In November 2018, Randall Kaplan was publicly assaulted by Justin Gimelstob in the presence of the former's wife and two-year-old daughter.

11.

Randall Kaplan's wife attributed the miscarriage of her unborn child to the stress of witnessing the attack.