Mike Ilitch

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businessperson entrepreneur human philanthropist sports team owner

Mike Ilitch was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of Little Caesars Pizza and a longtime owner of Detroit’s major sports franchises.

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Label Occurrences
Mike Ilitch canonical 12
Michael Ilitch Sr. 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
sports team owner ⓘ
acquiredTeam Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan ⓘ
business Ilitch Holdings ⓘ
surface form: Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
coFounded Little Caesars ⓘ
coFounder Marian Ilitch ⓘ
Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-02-10 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Macedonian American ⓘ
familyName Ilitch family ⓘ
surface form: Ilitch
founded Ilitch Charities ⓘ
founder Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fullName Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Michael Ilitch Sr.
gender male ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
honor National Hockey League Stanley Cup championships as owner of Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
industry fast food ⓘ
professional sports ⓘ
knownFor founding Little Caesars Pizza ⓘ
owning the Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
owning the Detroit Tigers ⓘ
militaryService United States Marine Corps ⓘ
notableAward National Hockey League Lester Patrick Trophy ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
restaurateur ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
philanthropicFocus Detroit community development ⓘ
education ⓘ
veterans ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
playedFor Detroit Tigers farm system ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
residence Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Grosse Pointe, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
sportPlayed baseball ⓘ
sportsTeamOwned Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
spouse Marian Ilitch ⓘ
Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
yearAcquiredDetroitRedWings 1982 ⓘ
yearAcquiredDetroitTigers 1992 ⓘ

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Detroit Tigers → formerOwner → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Ilitch Holdings → foundedBy → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Christopher Ilitch → parent → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Christopher Ilitch → foundedBy → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Mike Ilitch → fullName → Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Michael Ilitch Sr.
Mike Ilitch → coFounder → Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Caesars
Mike Ilitch → spouse → Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Marian Ilitch
Mike Ilitch → founder → Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
Mike Ilitch → founder → Mike Ilitch self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ilitch Charities
Mike Ilitch School of Business → namedAfter → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Mike Ilitch School of Business → benefactor → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Olympia Entertainment → foundedBy → Mike Ilitch ⓘ
Ilitch family → foundingMember → Mike Ilitch ⓘ