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William R. (Bill) Bartmann is the founder and CEO of CFS2, Inc, a consumer financial recover company based in Tulsa, OK. Previously he was the founder and CEO of Commercial Financial Services Inc, the nation’s biggest debt collection company for a time during its operations from 1986 to 1999. One officer of the company was involved in accounting fraud and the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy even though allegations of wider fraud were later determined to be untrue.〔"Six Years Later, Trustee Clears CFS of Fraud", Collections & Credit Risk Magazine, August 1, 2005〕 ==Personal life== In October 2013, "Bouncing Back" the autobiography of Bill Bartmann's life was published (Brown Books),〔http://www.amazon.com/Bouncing-Back-Life-Bartmann-ebook/dp/B00FK6XFZQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381009375&sr=1-1&keywords=bouncing+back+bill+bartmann〕 detailing Mr. Bartmann's unlikely life story from homelessness and abject poverty to Nobel Peace prize nominee. It became an Amazon number one best seller. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1948. At age 14, he dropped out of high school and joined a traveling carnival. He later joined a gang called the Manor Boys. He attempted to join the Marines but was rejected for hearing problems. Bartmann became an alcoholic by age 17, and one night fell down a flight of stairs while drunk. He became paralyzed and was told that he would never walk again. Against his doctor's wishes, Bartmann embarked on a nightly regimen of physical activity until he eventually regained the use of his legs. For several years Bartmann worked at the Dubuque Packing Company, a large local slaughterhouse. While there, Bartmann organized a wildcat strike to force the company to give benefits to part-time workers. The strike was successful. Around this time, Bartmann ran into a high school principal who earlier had expelled him from school. The principal challenged Bartmann to get his GED certificate, which he did. Bartmann later earned a BS from Loras College and a JD from Drake University. After passing the Iowa Bar Exam, Bartmann immediately went into private practice, specializing in consumer law. He also invested in real estate. Bartmann moved to Muskogee, OK to devote full-time to real estate investing. Bartmann was later asked by a local bank to take over a struggling oil equipment company in Oklahoma. He turned around the company and grew it substantially. It folded in 1985 due to falling oil prices, with Bartmann one million dollars in debt due to personally guaranteeing some of the corporate obligations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Bartmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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