Taking a swing at a pickleball startup

In corporate America, Stanley Anderson ’79 says, executives often assume that their peers grew up in privileged circumstances. “I spent my early years trying not to get recruited into gangs, getting shot at, watching my friends get murdered, and thinking that if I don’t leave, I will die,” says Anderson, who was raised in Chicago. “I was fortunate to survive.” But he thrived, building an impressive career at the likes of HP, Intel, and the Palo Alto Research Center.