At Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, one practice group shapes how the entire firm thinks. Founder and CEO Michael Gold calls the dedicated ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) practice “the intellectual engine of the entire organization.” Its work, described in a February 2026 Ritz Herald profile, sets the standard for advice given to every client. Tools Built…
“Access to capital is no longer limited. Access to good judgment is,” says Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut. That line captures a shift Gold sees among wealthy families. Money for investment, lending, and deals is easier to find than it once was. What remains scarce is sound, coordinated…
When a plastic surgeon needs a facelift, the choice of who performs it says something. Dr. Paul Nassif, himself a plastic surgeon, selected Dr. Andrew Jacono for his own deep-plane facelift in 2018. A professional with intimate knowledge of the field placed his face in the hands of a colleague, a decision that signals trust…
Regional reach is a strength for Debby Gomulka. Her firm, Provenance Lee Interiors, has a studio at 677 King Street in Charleston, South Carolina, and serves clients in Charleston, Atlanta, Raleigh, and elsewhere across the United States. Her profile in the design press is growing as well. A 2025 CEOWORLD article reports an upcoming feature…
Numbers tell much of the story of Kelcy Warren’s charitable record. The founder and executive chairman of Energy Transfer has given tens of millions of dollars to Texas causes over several decades, with two institutions receiving the largest shares. Klyde Warren Park: $30 Million The first figure is $10 million. That was the size of…
Malta is a small island with an outsized profile in European financial services, and it is one of the four places where Basel Holding maintains an office. The country’s membership of the European Union and its English-speaking business culture are commonly cited reasons for companies to establish a presence there, though the group’s own reasoning…
When it comes to writing for young readers, Greg Soros author starts with a different question than most writers do. Rather than asking what a character wants, he begins with what that character needs to learn. It is a small shift in framing, but one that shapes every plot decision that follows. Greg Soros has…
Long before Kelcy Warren became one of the most recognized names in American pipelines, he was a University of Texas at Arlington graduate taking the best job offer available to him. That job was with Lone Star Gas Co., a starting point that eventually led him to the pipeline and refining company Endevco. Endevco Sets…
Customers researching the oil and gas industry often look for one thing above all: trust. Gulf Coast Western reviews consistently point to a company that treats trust as a daily practice rather than a marketing slogan. The Dallas-based firm, which extracts oil and gas across Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, has built its…
Before he became a public company chief executive, Michael Polk Newell Brands spent nearly two decades climbing the ranks of two of the largest consumer goods companies in the world. His first major stop after Harvard Business School was Kraft Foods, where he built a career that would eventually carry him across three continents. Polk…