Van Arnem: Technology Pioneer

Few people have had a more fascinating personal and business life than Harold "Sonny" Van Arnem. From a Midwest middle-class family, he surmounted a range of obstacles, including a near-fatal accident that ended what might have been a career as a professional athlete, to ride America's computer revolution from its first primitive days.

As one of the most successful pioneers of computer systems and software development and leasing, he accumulated assets enabling him to purchase professional s...