Kevin Olmstead

1. Dr. Kevin Olmstead (b. March 20, 1959) is a chemical engineer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who won $2.18 million on the TV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2001, a record for highest total winnings on a game show that lasted three years until it was broken in November of 2004 by Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!. He is also an advisor for the University of Michigan's quiz bowl team and a founding member of National Academic Quiz Tournaments, a company that runs quiz bowl national championship tournaments at the high school and college levels.