2007 Printing Industry Hall of Fame — Master of the Deal - Chris Colville

Again, there was little in Colville’s history to suggest he would make a name for himself in printing circles. He grew up in West Texas, the oldest of five children. Colville’s father was a salesman for a cement manufacturer, who later started his own ready-mix concrete firm.

“It was an entrepreneurship-type company—a lot like the printing establishments CGX bought—that required about $4 million in capital investment and was a customer service-based, relationship-type business,” Colville recalls.