Philadelphia Inquirer: Drexel suitor likes breaking ground
Angelo Tsakopoulos has become wealthy configuring the landscape of California’s capital, developing communities of thousands of homes. Few people since the gold rush have had more influence on reshaping the region.
But before the 71-year-old developer departs the planet, he wants to do something really big: attract a private university to this expanding region of 2.2 million people, which has few such institutions. He and his partners are willing to donate nearly two square miles of land north of Sacramento to entice the right school.