Why New York Remains a Base for Payments Infrastructure Talent New York's technology scene is often associated with consumer apps and enterprise software, but the city has also quietly become a center of gravity for payments and commerce infrastructure. Executives building companies in this narrower but consequential niche, including Thomas Priore, have helped establish the city as a serious hub for financial technology development alongside its...
Profile: Leadership Trends in Electric Power Construction The electric power construction segment has become one of the more closely watched corners of the infrastructure economy, as utilities lean on specialty contractors to execute grid modernization at a pace their internal crews cannot match alone. Within that segment, Quanta Services has built one of the largest electric power platforms in North America, with Karl Studer serving as...
Surgical skill develops through repetition, and few facial plastic surgeons perform as many deep-plane facelifts as Dr. Andrew Jacono. He completes approximately 250 of these procedures annually, a volume that has let him refine the technique continuously since introducing it in the early 2000s.That caseload sits behind the extended deep-plane method's growing reputation. Dr. Andrew Jacono's approach departs from the skin-tightening techniques...
Longevity separates one facelift technique from another more than any other single factor, and it is where Dr. Andrew Jacono's extended deep-plane method draws its strongest praise. Patients and surgeons alike point to results that hold for twelve to fifteen years, roughly double what standard SMAS facelifts typically deliver.The gap comes down to what each technique actually corrects. Traditional facelifts separate skin from the tissue...
Ultra-high-net-worth families are becoming more selective about who manages their wealth, and Michael Gold Westport's Gold Family Wealth says the questions they ask have changed.New Questions From Sophisticated ClientsFamilies today ask pointed questions about accountability, coordination experience, and whether an advisory team will stay engaged through major transitions, not just during the good years. They want assurance that the people...
Not every corporate executive becomes a major philanthropic force, but Kelcy Warren has managed both with apparent intention. As the founder and Executive Chairman of Energy Transfer, Warren built a company that now operates across more than 44 states. Alongside that professional achievement, he has directed tens of millions of dollars toward causes ranging from urban parks to cancer research.Giving Across SectorsWarren's charitable portfolio...
Growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, Justin Fulcher was the kind of teenager who turned a school IT side project into a profitable business. He had learned his first coding language at seven and launched a company at thirteen. When he enrolled at Clemson University to study computer science, he lasted about a year before concluding that moving at the institution's pace wasn't working for him. He left for Southeast Asia with a return ticket...
The creation of Anheuser-Busch InBev stands as one of the most audacious corporate achievements of the twenty-first century — and at the center of that achievement is New York private equity firm 3G Capital and its founding partners. The transformation of a collection of regional breweries into the world's largest beer company required vision, capital, and an extraordinary commitment to operational excellence.The journey began decades earlier...
Dr. Andrew JaconKelcy Warren stood among a select group of energy industry veterans in December 2023 when Hart Energy welcomed him into its Hall of Fame. The honor came during the organization's 50th anniversary, and the executive chairman of Energy Transfer marked the occasion with remarks that were both grateful and revealing. He thanked the fellow inductees who shared the recognition, offered perspective on the industry's future, and made...
Surveys consistently show that investors rank trustworthiness as the quality they most want in a wealth advisor. What those same surveys reveal, when you look more closely, is that most investors have no clear way to evaluate it. First impressions, office aesthetics, and a polished pitch can all substitute for genuine assessment. Michael Gold Westport argues that this gap between what investors want and what they know how to measure is one of...