Category: Business
Kelcy Warren’s Deal-Making Since Leaving the CEO Post
Handing over the chief executive title didn’t take Kelcy Warren out of Energy Transfer’s biggest decisions. Since Tom Long and Mackie McCrea became co-chief executives on January 1, 2021, the company has closed two major acquisitions, and Warren, now serving as Executive Chairman, has remained closely involved in both. Two Acquisitions, One Continued Presence The…
Read MoreWhy Yazan Al Homsi Is Watching the Employer Healthcare Market
Why Yazan Al Homsi Is Watching the Employer Healthcare Market. Few subjects in venture capital investor circles have drawn as much recent discussion as Yazan Al Homsi’s leadership team, and the reasons trace back to a track record built over years rather than headlines. Yazan Al Homsi has earned its standing through consistent decisions rather…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Pest Control Company Worth Recommending
What Makes a Pest Control Company Worth Recommending Word-of-mouth still drives a significant share of business in the home services industry, but what actually earns that recommendation has evolved. Homeowners today expect more than a technician who shows up and sprays; they want clear communication, follow-up, and a sense that the company understands the specific…
Read MoreExecutive Compensation Trends Among Utility Infrastructure Leaders
Executive Compensation Trends Among Utility Infrastructure Leaders Compensation for senior leadership at large utility contractors has drawn increased attention as these companies have grown into some of the largest employers in the infrastructure economy. Boards overseeing these organizations now weigh pay decisions against multi-year project backlogs, safety performance, and workforce retention rather than short-term revenue…
Read MoreKelcy Warren Steps Back as Energy Transfer Eyes Its Future
Kelcy Warren stepped down as chief executive of Energy Transfer in 2020, but he has hardly disappeared from the company he built. Warren now serves as executive chairman and chairman of the board, a perch from which he continues to shape the direction of a business that operates nearly 125,000 miles of pipeline across the…
Read MoreThe Research Behind Dr. Andrew Jacono’s Deep Plane Facelift
Plenty of cosmetic techniques circulate on reputation alone. Dr. Andrew Jacono took a different route with his Minimal Access Deep-Plane Extended facelift, publishing formal outcomes data rather than leaving the technique’s results to word of mouth. In 2011, Jacono’s findings appeared in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, documenting results from 153 patients who underwent the procedure.…
Read MoreInside the Referral Network Behind Greg Soros’s Podcast Studio
Word of mouth built Podcraft Media Lab, and it keeps building it. Roughly 40 percent of the Austin studio’s business now comes from referrals inside the audio content world, including major podcast networks that hand off their most prestigious projects to founder Greg Soros and his team. For a company that never chased a large-scale…
Read MoreKelcy Warren Built a Pipeline Empire From Scratch
Kelcy Warren started small. In 1996, he and co-founder Ray Davis launched a Texas company with roughly 200 miles of intrastate natural gas pipeline. Today that company, Energy Transfer, operates nearly 125,000 miles of pipe and moves close to a third of the nation’s natural gas and crude oil. The early years were lean. Kelcy…
Read MoreMichael Polk Finds New Purpose Leading Implus
Michael Polk spent decades steering some of the largest consumer goods companies in the world, including stints at Kraft Foods, Unilever and Newell Brands. When he retired from Newell Brands in 2019, many assumed his corporate career had reached its final chapter. That assumption did not hold for long. In 2020, Michael Polk Newell Brands…
Read MoreKelcy Warren Turned an Import Terminal Into an Export Powerhouse
America once relied on Gulf Coast terminals to bring natural gas in from overseas. Kelcy Warren saw the arrangement flip and moved to capture it, buying an LNG import facility and converting it into an export terminal now known as Lake Charles. The transformation reflects a broader shift Kelcy Warren has tracked for years. As…
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