Cover Stories

In 1926, a man named John “Jack” McKibbon Jr., along with his brother Marvin, teamed up and opened a franchise location of Piggly Wiggly in Gainesville, Georgia.  This was the

While most young people were preparing for their senior prom, Paula Woodring was preparing to buy her first home.  She says she didn’t know what she wanted to do when

There’s a unique quality to the story of Fred Lay. Often, the building blocks lead back to the beginning of his life.  His outlook, his grit, his giving heart, the

It’s 8 a.m. on a Friday, at Tampa International Airport. It’s sunny and the weather is slowly warming up, hour by hour. It started out about 40 degrees, this February

At the early age of 21, Keith Leclerc left Massachusetts and moved to Clearwater. It was there he met his wife, Peggy, where he had three children, one boy and two

David Habib is what most would call an “old soul.” Ambitious from an early age, he’s also a little shy.  He’s a bit of a contradiction, he admits. Both forward-seeking

Here are the five most-read Tampa Bay Business and Wealth cover stories in 2023. 2. Jim Norman’s winding road of success 3. How Rick Brandt took his small-town, family business,

In October 2019, when Michael Lundy graced the cover of Tampa Bay Business and Wealth, he shared big plans for OLDER LUNDY, including expanding into Pinellas County.  As founder and

To underestimate her would be a big mistake. Big, huge, mistake.  Elaine Myrback doesn’t mince words. She’s not interested in following the status quo and she has no time for

The story starts with a man. He was homeless but not entirely hopeless, not yet, though he tried to be, on more than one occasion. But God had a plan.

He could be called a boomerang surgeon.  Physician Jim Norman was a surgeon, quit practicing to pursue the dot-com boom of the 1990s and, later, returned to surgery. One might

He’s known as the “first” in a lot of publications and while he feels pride to hold such a label, he doesn’t let it define him or his business achievements