Former UNC Wrestler Joe Galli Featured in Fortune Magazine

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Eddie Lentz (UNC Sports Information)
09/12/2000


Chapel Hill, North Carolina    Joe Galli, a former UNC wrestler and current CEO of VerticalNet, is featured in the September 4 issue of Fortune magazine.    The article, "CEO in Motion", follows Galli during his first week as head of VerticalNet, a developer of online business-to-business stores and marketplaces.    Galli moved to VerticalNet after a nine-month stint as president and chief operating officer of Amazon.com. Prior to working at Amazon.com, Galli spent 19 years at Black & Decker where he was president of Black & DeckerĀ¹s Worldwide Power Tools and Accessories.     Galli wrestled for Tar Heel wrestling coach Bill Lam, and won an ACC championship at 142 lbs. in 1980, his senior year at UNC.