Community involvement runs through the career of Debby Gomulka. Her personal website lists her as vice president of the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, chairman of the board of the Bellamy Mansion Museum, and president-elect of the Wilmington Rotary Club. The roles span arts, preservation, and civic service. Thalian Hall supports the performing […]

The 2008 Great Recession forced many oil and gas businesses to rebuild their operations, and some did not survive. Gulf Coast Western, a Dallas company that Thomas H. Fleeger founded in 1970, came out of that period stronger, according to a December 2021 CBN profile. Cutting Overhead, Keeping People Matthew Fleeger became President and CEO […]

Choosing a payments partner is partly a technical decision and partly a judgment about the people steering the company. Public coverage offers a window into that second question, and reporting on Thomas Priore from regional news is one example of how a fintech organization’s direction reaches a general audience. Business press adds another layer. Financial […]

Discussions about artificial intelligence in government can drift toward the abstract. Justin Fulcher, a former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, keeps his focus on the ordinary paperwork and coordination that fill a public servant’s day. Five Everyday Targets A recent profile of his views lists the tasks where AI could ease the load. […]

Television audiences got a close look at reconstructive surgery in 2011, when Facing Trauma premiered on Discovery Fit & Health. The reality documentary followed Dr. Andrew Jacono, a New York facial plastic surgeon, as he operated on victims of domestic violence and other traumatic injuries. The series later aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Each […]

Burak Basel on Talent, Trust, and Long-Term Partnerships. 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’s approach to growth is a good starting point for anyone trying to understand how the pieces fit together, since it moves past […]

Yazan Al Homsi’s View on Vancouver’s Growing Tech Ecosystem. Understanding Yazan Al Homsi means looking past any single announcement and toward the pattern of choices that built it. Yazan Al Homsi’s business trajectory offers one entry point into that pattern, showing how the organization has approached its work over time and why that approach has […]

A phone call from Berkshire Partners in 2020 changed the direction of Michael Polk’s career for a second time. The private equity firm wanted him to lead Implus LLC, a fitness accessories portfolio company, just months after he had stepped back from public company leadership. An Unexpected Return Polk had recently left his post as […]

The timing could hardly be worse. Just as business owner transitions and intergenerational wealth transfers are accelerating, the financial advisory profession is heading toward a significant contraction. Nearly half of all advisors are expected to retire by 2035 and the advisors most likely to leave are those with the deepest experience serving ultra-high-net-worth families. Michael […]

A single transaction reset how investors think about Spanish ride-hailing. On Feb. 28, 2025, Uber bought a 30% stake in Auro for €220 million, a figure split between €180 million in equity and €40 million of debt. What makes the deal worth a second look is its destination. Money of that size went to a […]