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2024 Company of the Year: A prosperous path
In retrospect, 2008 probably wasn’t the best year for the managers of Pala Group to borrow money and begin transitioning into an employee-owned company.
The...
2024 Young Businessperson of the Year: All hail the queen
The Rolling Stones' She’s a Rainbow blasts from the speakers of the Raising Cane’s River Center as Jaime Glas Odom glides down a red...
2024 Executive of the Year: Putting people first
Over the course of its storied history, few events have altered Louisiana like Hurricane Katrina.
The mammoth storm slammed into the coast in August 2005,...
2024 Hall of Fame: Piloting success
Nannette Noland has always been a bit ahead of her time. Her father taught her how to drive a car once she could see...
2024 Hall of Fame [posthumous]: Open-door policy
A ballroom filled with Hollywood heavyweights was a far cry from the ballfields of the late George A. Foster Jr.’s tiny Louisiana hometown of...
Entrepreneur: Peyton Finical and Joshua Crowdus
Garbage can get expensive.
Ask any apartment complex, higher education institution or manufacturing facility with a roll-off and a waste management contract. Filled dumpsters require...
What Stephen Waguespack learned from a failed campaign for governor, and where he goes...
In a field of seven major candidates, he was the last one in. Then the head of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, he...
1 Key to Success
An avid outdoor sportsperson for most of his life, Logan Meaux noticed a problem with booking hunting and fishing trips—there was no centralized marketplace...
Entrepreneur: Speed Bancroft
The Speedy Eats founder: You have to be 'tenacious' about raising capital and never let quitting enter your mind.
Entrepreneur: Thomas Schumacher
Entrepreneur: Thomas Schumacher, inspired working in real estate along 30A, launched River Homes, a property management and vacation rentals company.
Passion: Adam Beary
Adam Beary, an avid painter, is the CEO and president of Bear Process Safety.
3 Things to Know: Steven Procopio
Steven Procopio, the recently named president of PAR, has been with the research policy institute since 2014.
Entrepreneur: Lori Tucker-Day
Entrepreneur: Lori Tucker-Day is the founder of Baton Bougie House Party, a luxury sleepover, glamping, and event planning and rental company.
3 Things to Know: Cathy Griffiths
Cathy Griffiths, who moved to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina, was drawn to nursing through a family relative.
Entrepreneur: Ryan Greene
Ryan Greene decided to launch the startup after a business trip to Atlanta found him in the airport with a wallet full or receipts.
3 Things to Know: Candace LeBlanc
3 Things to Know: Candace LeBlanc, a New Orleans native, is an avid hiker and devoted LSU fan who has been with Investar Bank since 2014,
Entrepreneur: Megan H. Kelly
Entrepreneur: Megan H. Kelly is the founder of Mompreneur Nation, which both connects and supports mom entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur: Henry Hays
Henry Hays is founder of MatchPoint, which puts athletes together with businesses interested in NIL partnerships.
3 Things to Know: Trey Godfrey
Trey Godfrey, who dreamed of becoming a college football head coach, is senior vice president of policy for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.
Entrepreneur: Misti and Brumby Broussard
After meeting in California working in the movie industry, Misti and Brumby Broussard moved to Baton Rouge and have opened BLDG 5.
