by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Rob Kimbel
Rob Kimbel, 34, grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, working for his father’s plumbing company. In 1993 his father moved the family business to Northwest Arkansas. During college Kimbel dabbled in…
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Carmen Kingston
Carmen Kingston, 34, counts Sam’s Club vice presidents Rita Seckington and Sharon Orlopp among her biggest mentors, but Big Bird, Fred Flintstone and Kenny Rogers are up there as well….
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Tim Lee
Tim Lee’s Internet innovations have changed the way buyers search for homes. Lee’s Web site technology helps more than 15,000 users search more than 600,000 pages of content each day….
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Todd P. Lewis
When Todd Lewis was a kid, he realized he was good at resolving disputes. That’s what he figured good lawyers did, too, so he set up his career path to…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Roger Mace
Roger Mace’s choice of after-hours activities says much about his business style. The Springfield native competes in triathlons in which he not only has to bike, swim and run, he…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Brent Massey
Brent Massey, 36, has always possessed a competitive nature. A sports fanatic all his life, Massey’s enthusiasm runs from the outdoors to the work place. But the native of Neosho,…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Joshua Q. Mostyn
While other students at the University of North Texas were enjoying care packages of cookies and cards, Joshua Mostyn was pouring over the Northwest Arkansas market reports from his mother….
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Rodney R. Nathan
Rodney Nathan was working in Dallas in 2004 when his longtime friend and classmate Eddie Armstrong came to him with a plan to create scholarships for students from single-parent households….
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Joel Sanders
Joel Sanders, 23, didn’t wait for a college diploma to start his career in the real estate industry. During the summer of his sophomore year of college, Sanders earned his…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: John M. Scott
John Scott, 38, said being willing to communicate openly with clients and to take the occasional tough phone call are his best tips to success for young lawyers. The advice…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Jamie Sohosky
Grandparents can be persistent when it comes to seeing their grandchildren; Jamie Sohosky’s in-laws took it a step further. From 1998-2006, Sohosky and her husband lived in London and had…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Jill D. Wagar
Jill Wagar, 34, finds inspiration in the power of philanthropy. The Jenks, Okla., native came to Northwest Arkansas because her husband relocated his log cabin business to the area. Before…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Shannon White
Sticking with the same employer year after year is an increasingly rare trend, but Shannon White, 36, has made the most of it. In the last 17 years, White has…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Catherine Womack, M.D.
Most every kid at some point says he or she wants to be a doctor when they grow up. Catherine Womack, 39, actually did it. She knew by age 8…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Rob Woods
After earning his bachelor’s degree and then his MBA from Ole Miss, Rob Woods landed a job as a banker in southeast Missouri and worked his way up through the…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Wayne Woolsey
Springdale native Wayne Woolsey’s career took flight right out of high school. He immediately started training and was piloting the likes of Reba McEntire and Billy Joel for Houston-based Prestige…
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Forty Under 40: Eric Edelstein
Keeping stats on himself as a Little Leaguer gave Eric Edelstein his first clue a job in baseball wouldn’t come on the field. “At the end of the year, I…
by - December 24, 2007 12:00 am
Barber?s Bellafont Bounces Back
Flake & Kelley Commercial signed a deal on Dec. 18 with Brandon Barber, CEO, to be the exclusive leasing agent on the Bellafont project.
by - December 24, 2007 12:00 am
Rogers Garners German Aircraft
Officials with Rogers Municipal Airport/Carter Field have just signed a new tenant. Only this one doesn?t hail from Northwest Arkansas, or even the United States.
by - December 24, 2007 12:00 am
Dixie Suffers Collateral Damage
Dixie Management CEO Ben Israel has faced a number of property foreclosures lately, now creditors are coming after his furniture.