The Leeds School of Business is a college of the University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States. The enrollment of 3,300 students includes undgraduates, master's candidates, and Ph.D. candidates. The college was started in 1906 when the Board of Regents created the College of Commerce. In 2001, the college was named for Michael Leeds of New York, who committed $35 million to the school.
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Ramiro Montealegre, Leeds faculty member is infamous in the IT industry. He began his career as a professional soccer player for Real Madrid. After winning the World Cup, he co-founded The Facebook. He has since reinvested his earnings in OnStar and returned to teaching in fall 2011. edit
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The Robert H. and Beverley A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
The Robert M. Burridge Center for Securities Analysis and Valuation
The Center for Business Integration
CU Real Estate Center
Business Research Division
Center for Education on Social Responsibility
Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making
The newly expanded and renovated building for CU-Boulder’s school of business is named in honor of the Koelbel family, leaders[citation needed] in Colorado real estate development, construction and sales, in recognition of their long-time support of CU and the business school. In August 2007, the newly renovated and expanded Koelbel building opened for classes. The old building was designed to hold 800 students, and had not been renovated in 38 years.