Arizona businessman and University of Arizona benefactor Karl Eller. Courtesy Eller's family.
Graduated from UA in: 1952
Why he's famous: Business — entrepreneur
Notable accomplishment: The University of Arizona Eller College of Management is named after Karl Eller. He was also one of the founding investors of the NBA team the Phoenix Suns in 1968.
Years later, Eller transformed the convenience store chain Circle K into the second-largest convenience store chain in the U.S.
Eller was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame by the American Advertising Federation in 2004, making him the first Arizonan to be inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame.
