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ANDRE AGASSI SPEAKS AT WHARTON

February 27, 2011 - 11:02 pm

Even in retirement, tennis great Andre Agassi is a tough ticket.

He addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 students, faculty, alumni and the business community at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for Business over the weekend.

According to reports, there was an overwhelming demand for tickets, which was no surprise considering was the most well attended event for the Wharton Leadership Lecture series.

Agassi shared details of about his vision/commitment to build 100 new charter schools in the next five years.

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