Jonathan C. Coon

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name = Jonathan C. Coon


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birth_date = 1970
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occupation = CEO and co-founder of 1-800 Contacts
salary = US$ 276,390 [cite web | url = http://swz.salary.com/execcomp/layouthtmls/excl_execreport_118784.html | title = Jonathan Coon | publisher = [http://www.salary.com/ Salary.com] | accessdate = 2008-05-24 ]
residence = Draper, Utah, USA [cite web | url = http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/12/1216_under40/69.htm | title = Jonathan Coon | publisher = BusinessWeek | accessdate = 2008-05-24 ]
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alma_mater = Brigham Young University
education = B.A. (1994) Advertising & Public Relations
religion = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Jonathan C. Coon is an American businessman who is the CEO and co-founder of 1-800 Contacts. He received his B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations in 1994 from Brigham Young University. While a student there, Coon created a small business selling contact lenses to other students. In 1995, his business model helped him win the 1995 Business Plan Competition hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management, which awarded him capital to help grow his business (which he originally named 1-800-LENS-NOW) into 1-800 Contacts. [cite web | url = http://bpc.byu.edu/past_winners.cfm | title = Past BPC Winners | publisher = Brigham Young University | accessdate = 2008-05-24 ] cite web | url = http://marriottschool.byu.edu/advisoryboard/detail.cfm?mem=1113&group=3 | title = Jonathan Coon | publisher = Brigham Young University | accessdate = 2008-05-24 ]

Coon was the recipient of the 2000 Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year award and served on the Utah Valley State College Board of Trustees. [cite web | url = http://www.1800contacts.com/externalrelations/TheCompanyExec.aspx| title = Jonathan Coon | publisher = 1-800 Contacts | accessdate = 2008-05-24 ] He is also a founding member of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.

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External links

* [http://www.1800contacts.com/ 1-800 Contacts]
* [http://bpc.byu.edu/ BYU Business Plan Competition]
* [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/cfe/ BYU Center for Entrepreneurship]