Louis Appignani, is a successful entrepreneur from Miami Florida. He was born in Manhattan, NY. Currently chairman and founder of LouJA Realty Inc., he was also the chairman and founder of Computer Education Inc., and Barbizon International Modeling Schools until 2000. He graduated from the Baruch College in NYC and earned an MS degree from Columbia University in finance. He attended postgraduate studies in economics at Indiana University. He has served on the boards of several professional, civic, and political organizations and in 2001 established the Appignani Foundation to “support secular activities that will address significant, viable and long term human goals on our planet.”