Energy Transfer’s leadership changed hands in a way few founder-led pipeline companies attempt. Kelcy Warren had served as chief executive since he co-founded the company in 1996, holding that title for close to 25 years. In October 2020, the company announced a different arrangement would take effect on January 1, 2021. Instead of naming one […]

Clean Technology Investment Enters a More Disciplined Era Clean technology financing has matured considerably since its early hype-driven cycle, with investors now applying far more rigorous, detailed project-level analysis before committing capital. This shift has favored patient, sector-literate investors over those simply chasing thematic exposure, and it has reshaped how new ventures approach their earliest […]

Rashad Robinson Releases From Presence to Power, a Strategic Guide for Civil Rights Organizing in the Modern Era Rashad Robinson, the president of Color of Change — the largest online racial justice organization in the United States — has published a new book that challenges how activists, advocates, and everyday citizens think about political influence […]

Long before Justin Fulcher advised the Pentagon on technology reform, he was a 21 year old entrepreneur trying to solve a basic problem: getting doctors and patients in the same room when there was no room to speak of. In 2013, he co-founded RingMD, a telemedicine platform built to connect patients with physicians remotely across […]

Taking over a company just before a global pandemic hit would test any executive, but Michael Polk Newell Brands had already built a career out of steering organizations through difficult stretches. Steady Leadership During Disruption Polk stepped into the role of CEO at Implus LLC in 2020, recruited by Berkshire Partners after retiring briefly following […]

Patients considering a facelift often worry about one thing above all else: whether the surgery will show. Dr. Andrew Jacono built part of his reputation on answering that concern directly, developing a technique patients and staff describe as ponytail-friendly. The phrase refers to incision placement. Where conventional facelifts require longer incisions that can be difficult […]

As more podcast producers race to automate their workflows, Greg Soros has taken a slower path, one built on deciding which jobs actually belong to software. The podcaster runs Podcraft Media Lab, where transcription, cleanup, and metadata work go to machines while people keep the creative reins. “Technology should amplify human creativity, not replace it,” […]

Client satisfaction above 95 percent is not a small claim in the podcast production business, but it’s the number that keeps coming up when people describe Greg Soros’s Austin studio, Podcraft Media Lab. Shows produced there have racked up thousands of downloads and picked up recognition across the industry, results that trace back to a […]

Kelcy Warren’s ambitions for Energy Transfer extend well beyond U.S. borders. The company Kelcy Warren co-founded in 1996 is now the largest exporter of ethane in the country and ships liquefied petroleum gas, butane, and ethane to 93 countries, markets that barely existed before the shale boom. Much of that export capacity traces back to […]

When fashion designer Marc Jacobs revealed in 2021 that he had undergone a facelift, he named his surgeon publicly Dr. Andrew Jacono. Jacobs praised the natural quality of his results, results that trace back to a technique Jacono spent years developing and refining in New York. A Technique Peers Recognize Perhaps more telling than a […]