Frank Popoff or Frank Popov (October 27, 1935 – February 25, 2024) was a Bulgarian and American businessman.[2] He served as the chairman of TCF Financial Corporation from April 2004.[3]
Biography
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 27, 1935, Popoff emigrated in 1941 with his father and mother, Eftim and Stoyanka Popoff and his sister Joan to Terre Haute, Indiana.[4] He attended Terre Haute Wiley High School in Terre Haute, graduating in June 1953.[5] He then attended college at Indiana University, graduating with an A.B. in chemistry in 1957, and an MBA from IU's Kelley School of Business in 1959. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
While in graduate school, he married Jean Urse, a graduate of the IU College of Education on August 30, 1958.