Category: Business
Kelcy Warren Calls Enron Collapse a Turning Point
When Enron collapsed in the early 2000s, most of the energy industry saw disaster. Kelcy Warren saw opportunity. As pipeline assets flooded onto the market from companies scrambling to survive the fallout, Energy Transfer moved quickly to scoop them up at favorable prices. “Enron was a gift from God, and we took advantage of that,”…
Read MoreWhy Pilot Data Matters to Yazan Al Homsi’s Vancouver Cleantech Outlook
For investors in industrial technology, the move from laboratory testing to a functioning pilot plant can be one of the most revealing stages of a company’s development. Vancouver-based investor Yazan Al Homsi has followed that transition closely through his position in Aduro Clean Technologies, a Canadian company developing chemical recycling technology. Recent coverage of Yazan…
Read MoreWhy Malta and Lithuania Matter to Basel Holding’s Strategy
Why Malta and Lithuania Matter to Basel Holding’s Strategy. Understanding Burak Basel means looking past any single announcement and toward the pattern of choices that built it. London-based holding company Burak Basel offers one entry point into that pattern, showing how the organization has approached its work over time and why that approach has held…
Read MoreEnergy Infrastructure Investment: What Investors Are Watching Heading Into 2027
Energy Infrastructure Investment: What Investors Are Watching Heading Into 2027 Institutional investors tracking the utility and specialty contracting space have narrowed their focus in recent quarters, paying closer attention to backlog growth, margin stability, and leadership continuity at companies positioned to benefit from grid modernization spending. Electric power divisions within larger diversified contractors have drawn…
Read MoreMichael Gold’s Westport Firm Bets on Advisor Orchestration
Michael Gold doesn’t dispute that wealth management firms need stronger disclosure practices. But the founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, insists those measures leave the industry’s core transparency problem untouched. That problem, according to Gold, is fragmentation among the professionals families hire to manage their finances. Estate attorneys, CPAs and investment…
Read MoreRashad Robinson on Building Power That Lasts: Inside His Framework for Structural Change
Rashad Robinson on Building Power That Lasts: Inside His Framework for Structural Change For more than two decades, Rashad Robinson has led Color of Change, the largest online racial justice organization in the United States, with a philosophy that challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in progressive organizing: that visibility alone constitutes victory. His…
Read MoreChildren’s Author Greg Soros on What Characters Must Learn
Children’s author Greg Soros has spent more than fifteen years writing for young readers, and in that time he has settled on a question he considers more useful than the one most writers start with. Rather than asking what a character wants, Soros asks what that character needs to learn. Young readers, he argues, are…
Read MoreHow Justin Fulcher Built RingMD From Singapore
After sketching his telemedicine idea in Jakarta, Justin Fulcher chose Singapore as the base for what would become RingMD. The city state offered an English speaking, business friendly environment and sat centrally within the region where demand for the service was greatest, making it a practical launchpad rather than a sentimental choice for a young…
Read MoreHow to Judge Gulf Coast Western Reviews Fairly
Reading online reviews is easy. Judging which ones deserve trust is harder, especially in an industry like oil and gas exploration where a single investment can run for years. Gulf Coast Western, a Dallas-based firm that develops domestic reserves along the Gulf Coast, offers a useful test case for how to separate credible feedback from…
Read MoreMichael Polk Opens Up About Life After Corporate Retirement
Retirement did not stick for Michael Polk Newell Brands. Just a few years after stepping away from public company leadership, the former Newell Brands chief executive returned to work in 2019, taking the top job at Implus, a smaller company backed by private equity. The move gave him a fresh perspective on what it really…
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