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…
What Defines a Strong Utility Construction Company Today Utility construction has evolved considerably over the past decade, shifting from a collection of regional players into a market dominated by a handful of large, publicly traded contractors capable of mobilizing thousands of workers across multiple states at once. That consolidation has changed what utilities look for…
A mirror shows a child their own reflection. A window shows them someone else’s. For Greg Soros author, the second half of that pairing may be the harder one to write, and it is the one he has spent sixteen years refining. Soros has said children’s books should open young minds to perspectives and experiences…
An enormous amount of money is about to change hands. Estimates put the so called Great Wealth Transfer, the movement of assets from older generations to their heirs, at 84 to 120 trillion dollars over the next two decades, with the peak expected around 2026. Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in…
Private markets are no longer a niche add-on for the ultra wealthy. According to Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, roughly 83 percent of advisors now consider a robust menu of private asset offerings essential to serving high net worth families, marking a shift from occasional allocation to a…
One of the lesser known parts of Michael Polk’s tenure at Newell Rubbermaid involved the company’s push into digital commerce. During his eight years as CEO, e-commerce grew from just 9 percent of the company’s global business to more than 20 percent. That shift did not happen by accident. Michael Polk Newell Brands and his…
Surgical techniques rarely earn attention outside medical journals unless they produce results patients notice and talk about. Dr. Andrew Jacono‘s Minimal Access Deep-Plane Extended facelift built its reputation this way, through outcomes rather than marketing. Town & Country featured the technique, describing how Jacono keeps the skin, muscle and fat as one unit when repositioning…
An oil and gas joint venture rarely starts with a contract. It starts with dirt, maps, and a team willing to walk a site before anyone commits money. That is the sequence Gulf Coast Western follows, beginning with an initial evaluation from the company’s site analysts. When a location looks promising, the production team moves…
For much of his career, Michael Polk Newell Brands operated at the highest levels of corporate America, holding senior roles at Kraft Foods and Unilever before becoming chief executive of Newell Brands. Under his leadership, Newell’s enterprise value climbed from roughly five billion dollars to over fifteen billion, a run that culminated in his retirement…
The advisory teams surrounding wealthy families are often large, credentialed, and thoroughly siloed. That combination, according to Michael Gold Westport, is one of the most persistent problems in ultra-high-net-worth wealth management. Gold, who leads Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, has made the coordination of specialists rather than their accumulation a defining feature of his…