PROFILES Family Firm, Software Giant (NAPSA)—It sounds like a movie plot. An old family firm started with a few bucks that grew into millions is passed from a visionary father to his hardworking sons, the company weaving its way in and out of the family’s life over decades—bought and Spencer, Ron and Matthew Kupferman: the family force behind Global Software,Inc. sold and bought again—achieving huge success as the young generation takes thereins. It’s the true tale of Global Software, Inc., thriving thanks to its innovation that lets chief financial officers at companies take an instant financial “X-ray” of their books using a desktop computer and a self-installed program that runs on a common Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. While a software salesman in 1968, Ron Kupferman put up $1,000 with partners to create a company that sold financial software to companies. It thrived, and in 1974 was sold to Informatics. Kupferman bought the firm back in 1981, sold it again in 1983 and bought it back in 1994. In 2000, Global Software, Inc., became 100 percent family owned. Since then, with Kupferman’s sons Spencer and Matthew in charge, the company struck gold with its latest software product for financial management. To learn more, call (919) 872-7800.
