Charlie Weaver, a self-deprecating political pro, will end a 20-year run atop the Minnesota Business Partnership over the summer. Weaver, 65, and the high-profile business organization announced Wednesday that Weaver
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Marvin, the Warroad-based company lauded by President Obama for avoiding layoffs during the Great Recession, intends to make huge investments in automation. But Paul Marvin, CEO and chair of the
Ambition, intelligence, and business results may power a leader into a CEO role. Yet Padilla president Matt Kucharski says the pandemic, racial equity issues, and other societal factors are forcing
When the phrase “great resignation” was coined early in the pandemic, it might have created expectations of a massive exodus of workers to new employers, retirement, or a hiatus from
Minneapolis-based United Properties, a major real estate investment and development company in the Midwest, will enter 2023 with new leadership. United Properties on Wednesday announced Matt Van Slooten will lead
St. Paul and Mairs & Power have been intertwined since the investment firm was founded in 1931 by George Mairs Jr. Known for its long-term investing strategy, the firm has
Inertia is anathema to the work and civic lives of Darrel German. The president of Huntington National Bank’s Minnesota region arrived in the Twin Cities in November 2020 and he’s
Joe Pohlad was in grade school in 1991 when the Minnesota Twins last won a World Series. On Monday, his uncle Jim Pohlad passed the leadership baton to him and
Cargill, the nation’s largest privately held company, announced Monday that chief operating officer Brian Sikes will become president and CEO on Jan. 1. Sikes, 54, succeeds David MacLennan, 63, who
After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1999, Gina Kastel joined the Faegre & Benson law firm as an associate. On Thursday, the Faegre Drinker law firm
In multiple New York Times columns, Minnesota native Tom Friedman has lauded the work of the Itasca Project. The Twin Cities-based organization defines itself as “an employer-led civic alliance focused
Minnesota workers under 55 are living through a new experience in 2022—a period of stubbornly high inflation. When the consumer price index spiked at 9.1% in June, it was the
Mike Klingensmith, who successfully revamped the Star Tribune’s business model, announced Thursday that he will retire in January as publisher and CEO of the state’s largest news organization. On a
Except for an 18-month hiatus, Beth Kieffer Leonard has worked at Minneapolis-based Lurie LLP since 1984. She’s been the guardian of the company—founded in 1940—since she became the accounting firm’s
In mid-June, hundreds of people gathered on a Thursday night at the Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Mairs & Power. The investment firm,
A seven-hour flight delay is exhausting, but it’s better than getting stranded at the airport after your flight is canceled. That was my experience Thursday, when I was scheduled to
In her first year as the top executive of American Public Media Group (APMG), Jean Taylor on Wednesday announced that an anonymous donor has given $56 million to Minnesota Public
Laura Dunham, associate dean of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, will become the new business dean at the University of St. Thomas. The largest private university in Minnesota, St. Thomas