Category: Business

Before joining Implus LLC in 2020, Michael Polk was the kind of executive most people associate with scale. He served as CEO of Newell Brands from 2011 to 2019, leading an organization of over 50,000 people through a complex transformation from a holding company model to a streamlined operating structure. That job, and the decades…

Selecting a wealth manager is rarely framed as a diagnostic exercise. It should be, according to Michael Gold, founder of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut. Gold has spent more than two decades working with business owners and multigenerational families, and he has identified a consistent failure mode: families evaluate advisors on superficial signals while…

A career spanning more than four decades has taken Michael Polk from the executive suites of Kraft and Unilever to the top job at Newell Brands and, ultimately, to the smaller but no less demanding world of private equity-backed business leadership. Each transition has shaped Polk’s understanding of what it means to lead effectively and…

Trust in a surgical technique comes from two distinct directions: patients seeking natural outcomes and surgeons who assess methods on clinical grounds. When both groups converge on the same practitioner independently, it suggests something beyond effective self-promotion. Dr. Andrew Jacono occupies that position in facial plastic surgery, having earned notable public endorsements from well-known figures…

Most oil and gas firms talk about integrity. Gulf Coast Western has been demonstrating it since 1970. The Dallas-based exploration company, founded by Thomas Fleeger and now led by his son Matthew, has built its entire partnership model around one core belief: informed investors make better partners, and better partners build stronger ventures. Risk Disclosure…

Kelcy Warren, founder and executive chairman of Energy Transfer, joined the Hart Energy Hall of Fame in December 2023, an honor that recognized his decades of work building midstream infrastructure across the United States. During a Hart Energy LIVE interview conducted in conjunction with the induction, Kelcy Warren spoke about the industry he has devoted…

Business success at the level that Burak Basel has achieved is rarely a solo accomplishment. It depends on a network — of investors, operators, advisors, regulators, and peers — that has been built through years of genuine relationship cultivation rather than transactional networking. The Basel Holding network spans London’s financial district, Malta’s emerging business community,…

Sustainable energy investment requires patience that many financial frameworks do not accommodate well. The technology development cycles are long, the capital requirements are substantial, and the path to commercial scale involves regulatory, engineering, and market development challenges that can extend over many years before financial returns materialize. Yazan Al Homsi has engaged with this investment…

Idaho’s business community has grown significantly over the past decade, attracting attention from entrepreneurs, investors, and organizations who recognize the state’s combination of quality of life, business-friendly environment, and a workforce culture that values hard work and practical competence. Within this ecosystem, Idaho business executive Karl Studer has been a consistent contributor — as a…

In 1983, a teenage hacker nearly started World War III when he broke into a military supercomputer and triggered an automated missile launch sequence. The film was called WarGames, and it scared a lot of people, including President Reagan, who signed one of the first presidential directives on computer security shortly after watching a private…