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title: Alumnus Starts One of America's Fastest Growing Companies
description: A Hillsdale alumnus founded a multi-million dollar company which ranked as one of fastest growing companies in America. 
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# [Alumnus Starts One of America's Fastest Growing Companies](https://blog.gopassage.com/alumnus-starts-one-of-americas-fastest-growing-companies)

 Written by [Passage Staff](https://blog.gopassage.com/author/passage-staff) | Sep 22, 2022 2:05:00 PM

By Alex Diemel, The Hillsdale Collegian

 

A Hillsdale alumnus founded a multi-million dollar company which ranked as one of fastest growing companies in America. 

 

In 2014, Hillsdale alumni Alex Linebrink founded Passage, a ticketing company designed for medium-sized events. After eight years of hard work, the company sold its six millionth ticket this past summer and landed on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the country.

 

[Read the full story on the Hillsdale Collegian](https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2022/09/alumnus-starts-one-of-americas-fastest-growing-companies/). 

 

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