Why Gulf Coast Western Invites Investors to See Wells

Most investors never set foot near the assets they put money into, but Gulf Coast Western has built part of its reputation on doing the opposite. The Dallas-based oil and gas exploration firm regularly organizes trips for partners to visit active drilling sites, a practice company leaders say helps build the kind of trust that keeps clients coming back. Seeing […]

From Newell Brands to Implus: Michael Polk’s Next Chapter

Retirement did not last long for Michael Polk. After leaving Newell Brands in 2019, where he had spent years overseeing a portfolio of household names, Polk stepped back into the corporate world in 2020 to lead Implus LLC, a private fitness accessories company backed by Berkshire Partners. The move surprised some observers, given how different a sixteen-brand portfolio company is […]

Kelcy Warren Oversaw Revenue Growth to Nearly $90 Billion

The numbers behind Kelcy Warren’s pipeline company tell their own story of growth. Energy Transfer, which Kelcy Warren co-founded with Ray Davis in 1996, generated about $1 billion in revenue by late August 2003. That figure climbed to $17 billion in 2012 and eventually reached nearly $90 billion at the end of 2022, a jump of 33 percent from the […]

How Dr. Andrew Jacono Trains Surgeons in His Method

A surgical technique only changes a field once other surgeons can reliably reproduce it. That step, often overlooked in coverage of cosmetic surgery innovation, has been central to how the extended deep-plane facelift moved from one practice in New York toward wider adoption across facial plastic surgery. Dr. Andrew Jacono has conducted master classes and delivered lectures at international plastic […]

Inside the Telehealth Platform Justin Fulcher Engineered

RingMD, the company Justin Fulcher founded after his travels through Southeast Asia, was never just a concept sketched on paper. It functioned as a full telehealth system that went well beyond a simple video call between doctor and patient, touching triage, communication, and data integration alike across every stage of the patient experience from first symptom to follow up. On […]

Gulf Coast Western’s Reputation Rests on Detailed Feedback

A company that asks investors to join long-term oil and gas partnerships needs more than a slick website to earn trust. For Gulf Coast Western, that trust appears to come largely from the volume and specificity of feedback left by people who have actually invested. The Dallas-based firm explores, develops, and acquires domestic oil and gas reserves, primarily across the […]

How Kelcy Warren Helped Reshape Downtown Dallas

A stretch of downtown Dallas that once sat divided by a sunken freeway now functions as one of the city’s most popular gathering spots, and much of the credit traces back to a single gift from energy executive Kelcy Warren. In 2012, Warren donated 10 million dollars toward the creation of Klyde Warren Park, a 5.2-acre green space built to […]

Cordelia Scaife May’s Vision Still Guides Colcom Foundation

Nearly thirty years after its founding, the Colcom Foundation continues to operate according to the principles laid out by its founder, Cordelia Scaife May. The organization has distributed more than $500 million in grants since 1996, much of it tied directly to May’s original concerns about population growth and environmental balance. A Philosophy Rooted in Balance May believed that human […]

Orchestration Not Accumulation Guides Westport’s Michael Gold

Most wealth management firms grow by adding specialists: another tax expert here, another insurance consultant there. Michael Gold takes the opposite approach. The founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, built his practice around what he calls orchestration rather than accumulation of advisors. Instead of expanding a family’s roster of professionals, Michael Gold’s team coordinates the specialists […]

Kelcy Warren’s $2 Billion Friday Night Deal

Some business deals happen over months of negotiation. Kelcy Warren‘s purchase of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy’s natural gas liquids assets happened over a weekend. Facing a narrow window to close the roughly $2 billion transaction in March 2011, Warren convened an emergency board meeting on a Friday night. The board reviewed and approved the deal that evening so Energy Transfer […]