Nipesh Shah has been president and chief executive officer of Anchor Glass Container Corp., headquartered in Tampa, since July 2017. Anchor Glass is one of the largest, privately-owned companies in the Tampa Bay area and is valued at more than $1 billion. Anchor Glass has eight locations in the United States, 2,000 U.S. employees and … Read more
Tampa Bay area senior executives volunteered in Hillsborough County public elementary schools as part of the educational program CEOs in Schools. Each business leader was paired with a local school and experienced a day in the life of educators, and students, with the opportunity to share their own business knowledge with principals, teachers and the … Read more
Shane Smith, the director of Central Florida operations for the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in Florida State University’s College of Business, is charged with building operations, which is in Tampa, from the ground up—ensuring it advances the Jim Moran Institute’s mission to cultivate, train and inspire entrepreneurial leaders. His professional background includes 15 … Read more
As we enter 2022, it’s an opportune time to both reflect on challenges, and successes, from this year and to finalize tactical plans to address potential obstacles for the upcoming one. In 2021, the new phenomenon of “The Great Resignation” began. It refers to the massive number of workers quitting their jobs, sometimes without even … Read more
► An urban-style community of 630 apartments with, restaurants and shops, will be built on the abandoned Florida Tile site, located between Lake Wire and the upcoming Bonnet Springs Park. (Rendering above) ► Phillip Walker, a Lakeland city commissioner for 12 years, will serve as president of the Florida League of Cities. ► Noah’s Ark … Read more
Tampa Bay Business and Wealth reached out to leaders in their respective industries to see what trends they are seeing and what they mean. Here’s what they had to say. BANKING & FINANCE By Chris Nichols, director of capital markets, SouthState Bank It’s never been harder to be in the economic forecasting business than it … Read more
► Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties promoted Suriya Khong to vice president of teen initiatives. ► Helios Technologies, a Sarasota-based engineered motion control and electronic controls technology company, transferred its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange. ► The Rotary Club of Sarasota announced a 5-year grant award of $50,000 … Read more
In early October 2021, Ketch Secor looked out across the sold-out crowd at the Grand Ole Opry and launched into his best Roy Acuff impression. Mimicking the fabled “King of Country Music” and Grand Ole Opry empresario, Secor lowered his voice to a gravely baritone and bellowed Acuff’s advice, dutifully observed by every performer who’s … Read more
Happy New Year. As we continue to reboot to whatever the “new normal” is, here’s hoping that this year will be one of health, happiness and prosperity for you and your company, or organization. As you focus on the days and weeks ahead, you might find yourself reflecting upon successes and/or failures over the past … Read more
FürThe KW Variant 4 coilover suspension is now available for the current Porsche 911 (992), with or without a front axle lift system. The height-adjustable suspension offers the feature of independently tuning the driving dynamic parameters specifically in the low-speed and high-speed compression stage, as well as the low-speed rebound stage. The Porsche 911 Carrera, … Read more
