Western International Media CEO Dennis Holt Wins Horatio Alger Award

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Founder of World's Largest Media Buying Company Honored by Horatio Alger

                    Association of Distinguished Americans 

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis F. Holt, who began working to support his family at the age of 13 after his father suffered a debilitating heart attack, and went on to found and build the largest media buying company in the world, Western International Media, has been named a recipient of the 1998 Horatio Alger Award.

Mr. Holt, who along with the other recipients was selected from hundreds of nominations, joins Wisconsin ...

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