Christopher Michel

Christopher Michel is a photographer, investor & entrepreneur. He is most well known as the founder of Affinity Labs and Military.com and currently runs Nautilus Ventures, a seed venture fund. He is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School. In 1999, he founded Military.com, an online portal for service members, veterans and their families. In 2006, Michel founded Affinity Labs, which builds web sites that aim to become online focal points for various professions. In January 2008, the company was purchased by Monster Worldwide. Chris serves as a Director of International Data Group, Dale Carnegie, Casual Collective and Castlight Health. He is also a Governor on the USO World Board. He is also an advisor to a variety of companies including Ooga Labs, Affinity Circles, etc. Prior to his business career, Chris served as a Naval Flight Officer in the United States Navy. He is currently an advisor to the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative news organization, and the Oxford Internet Institute (oii) at the University of Oxford. In 2005, Chris' The Military Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Military & Veterans Benefits was published by Simon & Schuster. Chris graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was selected as the distinguished naval graduate. He also holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Chris was named a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute in 2006 and serves as a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.