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Patrick Michael Byrne (born November 29, 1962) is an American entrepreneur and advocate for market-based innovations who founded the online retailer Overstock.com in 1999 and led it as CEO for two decades.[1][2] Named National Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young, 2011) and CEO with #1 Employee Approval Rating, Byrne expanded Overstock to $1.8 billion in annual revenue by 2016, achieving consistent profitability and introducing Worldstock, a division funding fair trade for artisans in developing nations.[3][4][5] Upon Milton Friedman's death in 2006, the Nobel laureate appointed Byrne to lead the Milton Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (now EdChoice), a role he held for a decade. In 2019, he resigned, stating in a letter to shareholders that his earlier relationship with the US government had made him too controversial to continue leading the public company and that he was leaving with his fortune to "shellack the Deep State."[6][7] Thereafter, Byrne established The America Project, a social welfare organization dedicated to examining election integrity and promoting foundational American principles through research and civic engagement.[8][9]

Early life and education
Family background and upbringing
Patrick Michael Byrne was born on November 29, 1962, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to John J. "Jack" Byrne, a prominent insurance executive, and his wife Dorothy.[10]The family relocated to New England during Byrne's childhood, where he grew up with his older brothers, John and Mark, in an environment emphasizing fiscal discipline and actuarial principles.[12] He experienced a rigorous Catholic upbringing, including serving as an altar boy, though he distanced himself from the faith around age 15.[13]Academic pursuits and degrees