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Welch, a former Democrat, graduated from Unionville High School and earned an engineering degree from Penn State University.
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Welch was endorsed by Governor Corbett, State Republican Party, Philadelphia Inquirer and Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Welch was raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he still resides in the borough of Malvern. In 2001, he founded a pharmaceutical company, Mitos, that made flu vaccines more efficient.
Welch sold Mitos to Parker Hannifin in July 2007.
He later founded two other companies, DreamIt Ventures, which helps new businesses get started, and KinderTown, an educational technology business. In 2013 Welch sold KinderTown to Demme Learning.
Forbes ranked DreamIt Ventures the number 3 accelerator in the world. In 2015 they opened locations in Austin, Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina but were planning to open more stores in 2016.
