Business Entrepreneur Stories

Joel Levitt | Entrepreneur, 61.
Joel Levitt, 61, of Melrose Park, who started a global DVD manufacturing and distribution business in his basement in 1990, died April 26 at his home after an eight-month battle with brain cancer. Mr. Levitt founded Action Duplication Inc., a West Conshohocken firm that makes DVDs, compact discs and offers high-speed VHS duplication services and multimedia replication. He was a past president of the American Independent Media Manufacturers Association and a board member of the Philadelphia Police Athletic League. He orchestrated audio-video presentations at PAL annual banquets. Mr. Levitt also was active in Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Levitt graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1964 and earned a bachelor”s degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

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