Ken Melrose became CEO of the Toro Company in 1983 amid doubts that it could survive. He refashioned its product portfolio, changed its performance culture, and helped achieved a 25-fold
2005
Ron Fagen incorporated his Granite Falls company Fagen, Inc., in 1988, and has grown it to a projected $500 million in revenues by building grain elevators and processing plants, paper
State Senator Bob Kierlin co-founded Fastenal, Inc., in a tiny Winona storefront in 1967. Today it employs 7,000 people and operates 1,600 stores, 12 distribution centers, and a 3,500-vehicle fleet
Dale Bachman faced a rare challenge when, in 1992, he became a fourth-generation president of a 107-year-old family-owned corporation. Having already transformed the company by adding a wholesale landscape-material business,
In an era of deregulation, James R. Campbell became CEO of Minnesota’s largest bank and developed it into a leading commercial lender and a strong provider of retail banking services.