Slurpees on S. Main

Vipul Patel opens a 7-Eleven

by Tony McReynolds

posted 12/14/2011

Vipul Patel has a degree in computer science, but that was always his backup plan. Born with the soul of an entrepreneur, Patel knew he wanted to own his own business but wanted the safety net of a computer background "because you can always use that knowledge, whatever the field." It's unclear whether that includes the field of filling a Slurpee dispenser, but Patel now owns four businesses, the most recent of which is his--and Ann Arbor's--second 7-Eleven, which opened in the former Austin & Warburton space on South Main in September.

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