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Kelcy Warren did not drill the wells that unlocked America’s shale boom, but he built much of the infrastructure that made it matter. As executive chairman of Energy Transfer, Warren oversaw the construction and acquisition of pipeline systems that connected new production from the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Bakken, and Marcellus formations to markets across […]
When Cordelia S. May died in 2005, she left behind more than a financial endowment. She left a clearly articulated philosophy about the relationship between human activity and the health of the planet one she had been developing and acting on since 1952. The institution she created to carry that philosophy forward, the Colcom Foundation, […]
Luciano de Vries does not wait for consensus before taking a position. He looks for the gap between where regulation is pointing and where market pricing currently sits, then moves while that gap is still open. It is a discipline he has applied across transport assets in Poland, real estate in Portugal, and now industrial […]
Michael Polk spent decades at the top of some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies. After tenures at Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, Unilever, and a run as CEO of Newell Brands from 2011 to 2019, Polk retired briefly before discovering that his appetite for leadership wasn’t finished. What came next surprised even him: […]
A 5.2-acre green deck park sitting atop a sunken freeway in central Dallas exists in large part because of a $10 million commitment from Kelcy Warren. The Energy Transfer Executive Chairman made that donation in 2012, providing the catalytic private funding that helped transform a divided stretch of downtown Dallas into one of the city’s […]
The venture capital industry is often characterized by its obsession with rapid returns — the search for companies that can reach liquidity events within five to seven years. Vancouver-based investor Yazan Al Homsi takes a more nuanced view of investment timelines, arguing that the most significant technology investment opportunities — particularly in healthcare and sustainable […]
In the payment solutions industry, technology investment decisions made today determine competitive position for years to come. New York-based Thomas Priore has approached technology investment at Priority Commerce with a philosophy that balances the need to stay current with emerging capabilities against the imperative to maintain the operational reliability that mission-critical payment processing requires. The […]
Building a successful business is valuable. Contributing to the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem is rarer and, in some respects, more important. London-based entrepreneur Burak Basel has been deliberate about playing both roles, using his platform and experience to support emerging entrepreneurs and contribute to the conversation about how international business can be done better. Through his […]
The Lab That Touched 600 Million Lives — and the Family Behind It Before Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel agreed to fund a small team of economists at MIT who were running experiments on poverty alleviation, he asked them one question: “How many people’s lives could you touch in 10 years?” Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo […]
Government agencies have no shortage of processes that consume time without adding value. Filing, sorting, routing, verifying, logging, and reporting occupy significant portions of the working day for federal employees at every level. Technology entrepreneur and former Defense Department advisor Justin Fulcher has argued that this is where artificial intelligence should enter the picture: not […]
