Personal Life
Friess was born in 1940 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, a small town with a current population of 8,000. As a high school student, Friess held a variety of leadership positions, including valedictorian, class president, and captain of the basketball, track, golf and baseball teams.
A first-generation college graduate, Friess attended the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison), where he earned a degree in business administration. As a student, he served as president of Chi Phi Fraternity, enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and was named one of the "ten most outstanding senior men". In 1962 he married fellow student Lynnette Estes.
Friess identifies as a born-again evangelical Christian. Despite his professional success, he was unhappy due to a "marriage flirting with divorce and emotionally distant children"; in October 1978, Friess "did one of those 'born again' things". He often refers to God as the "Chairman of my board" and his personal website quotes Galatians 6:2 and Matthew 25:35–40. He attributes all of his subsequent success, both personal and professional, to his faith.
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