The impact of Grit Marketing on sales careers across Utah extends well beyond the representatives currently working with the company. Thousands of professionals who have spent time at The Grit carry the skills, habits, and mindsets they developed there into subsequent roles across industries—making the company a significant contributor to Utah’s broader professional talent development […]

Financial services is changing at a pace that few incumbent institutions have managed to match effectively. New technologies, evolving client expectations, shifting regulatory frameworks, and the emergence of new asset classes are all reshaping what it means to operate successfully in this sector. Burak Basel has built Basel Holding explicitly to navigate and benefit from […]

The statistics are stark, but the human cost is harder to capture in a dataset. American newsroom employment has fallen by more than half since 2008. Hundreds of local papers have shuttered, leaving vast portions of the country with little or no local coverage. And the forces that caused this collapse are not retreating. Writing […]

Long before Squishmallows made Jazwares a household name, the company’s approach to giving had already been established. Judd Zebersky created Jazwares Cares when the company was founded, building a charitable arm that would grow alongside the business. Over the years, the organization donated millions of toys to children’s hospitals, Title I schools, and nonprofits including […]

Kelcy Warren has distributed tens of millions of dollars across causes ranging from urban parks to cancer research, building a philanthropic record that reflects consistent engagement with community needs rather than one-time generosity. Perhaps the most visible example is Klyde Warren Park in Dallas. Warren’s initial donation of $10 million in 2012 made the park […]

Kelcy Warren, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Energy Transfer, was named to the inaugural Hart Energy Hall of Fame class in 2023, joining a select group of figures whose careers reshaped the American oil and gas industry. Hart Energy, a leading energy media organization, launched the Hall of Fame as part of its 50th […]

Trust in a surgical procedure builds through two channels: documented outcomes and the choices of people who understand those outcomes. Dr. Andrew Jacono‘s extended deep-plane facelift has accumulated both. The technique’s published complication rates and longevity data provide a quantitative foundation. The decisions of surgeons and public figures who chose the procedure add a qualitative […]

They have names, birthdays, and personal backstories. They come in sizes ranging from palm-sized to armchair-sized. They sold more than 100 million units in a single year. Squishmallows, the ultrasoft plush toy line that became a viral sensation on TikTok, is the product most closely associated with Jazwares, the company that Judd Zebersky built over […]