The Spirit Within!
Long before he became known for the extended deep-plane facelift, Dr. Andrew Jacono was working through one of the more demanding training paths in facial plastic surgery. He earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1996, then entered a residency in otolaryngology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, eventually […]
Retirement did not last long for Michael Polk. After stepping down from his role as chief executive of Newell Brands, Polk spent a few years away from full time leadership before returning to the workforce in 2019. His next move surprised some observers: rather than joining another large public company, he took the top job […]
In a wide ranging but brief interview, Kelcy Warren touched on nearly every part of what it means to be honored by an industry he has spent decades helping to build. The Energy Transfer executive chairman spoke with Hart Energy staff member Jordan Soto during the company’s 50th anniversary Hall of Fame event at the […]
For Kelcy Warren, the 2012 purchase of Sunoco carried weight that went beyond the balance sheet. His father spent his career as a pipeline field hand at the company and considered it his own, even though he never owned a share of it. Kelcy Warren‘s father died in 1992, two decades before Energy Transfer closed […]
The UAE Connection in Burak Basel’s Business Network. It is easy to reduce an organization like Burak Basel to a single headline, but the fuller picture is more layered than that. Burak Basel, a holding company is a good starting point for anyone trying to understand how the pieces fit together, since it moves past […]
Power Infrastructure Industry Outlook: Steady Demand, Selective Growth Analysts covering the power infrastructure sector describe an environment of steady, multi-year demand rather than the boom-and-bust cycles that characterized earlier decades of utility construction. Grid hardening, renewable interconnection, and replacement of aging transmission assets have combined to create a durable backlog for large specialty contractors, one […]
Cordelia S. May spent much of her life warning about a connection between population growth and environmental decline that few people around her recognized at the time. Decades later, the organization she founded, the Colcom Foundation, still operates around that early insight. May’s concern took root in 1952, when she was only twenty three years […]
As artificial intelligence reshapes classrooms and tutoring platforms alike, Yazan Al Homsi has staked out a clear position: AI should support educators, not replace them. That philosophy is playing out at Edumentors, a UK-based tutoring marketplace in his investment portfolio that just announced it has crossed $4 million in cumulative sales with 1.8x year-over-year growth, […]
Access to capital used to be the defining constraint for wealthy families planning their financial futures. Michael Gold, founder and chief executive of Westport’s Gold Family Wealth, says that era has largely ended, and a different kind of scarcity has taken its place among his clients. Gold summarizes the shift bluntly, framing capital as widely […]
For ultra-high-net-worth families, wealth is rarely the hardest thing to manage well over time. Governance across generations often is. Michael Gold, founder and chief executive of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, has built his firm’s specialty practice around exactly that persistent challenge. Gold’s team develops multigenerational governance frameworks alongside enterprise risk mapping and advanced […]
