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Tributes to Fiserv Co-Founder George Dalton Who Has Died

Business leaders pay tribute to George Dalton, co-founder of the Brookfield-based Fiserv, who has died.

Business leaders are paying tribute Friday to George Dalton, co-founder of Brookfield-based Fiserv, who has died.

Steve Jagler, executive editor of BizTimes.com, calls Dalton "an American swashbuckler" and an "irrepressible American entrepreneur who was always willing to share his kindness, his wealth and his wisdom."

Dalton, 83, founded the national financial services company with Leslie Muma in 1984. The company went public two years later and grew from a $21 million data processor with 350 employees in 1984, to a $4.7 billion Fortune 500 company, with 20,000 employees in 2009 when it celebrated its 25th anniversary.

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His CaringBridge web site says Dalton had open heart surgery in April.

A JSOnline.com report quotes longtime friend James McKenna, chief executive officer at North Shore Bank, on Dalton: "George genuinely never met anyone he didn't like, which is maybe what made him such a terrific salesman."

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JSOnline also has a photo gallery of Dalton over the years.

BizTimes has a video tribute.

Gov. Scott Walker said of Dalton, who is the uncle of Walker's wife Tonette: "George Dalton was an optimistic entrepreneur who passed on his passion for business and life as a marvelous mentor to many of us. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him."

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