A husband-and-wife team, Abdullahi and Ali both won the 2013 International Immigrant Achievement Award, and the two have made their mark in the Twin Cities by removing cultural and linguistic…

The Ackerberg Group is the largest commercial property landlord in the Uptown area of South Minneapolis. CEO Ackerberg knows the market better than anyone. He saw an opening to add…

Want to keep your top marketer extra-busy? Bring out 200 new products. That's what General Mills plans to do in its 2014 fiscal year, now underway. In his current position…

Akradi clearly knows the formula for running successful health clubs, goriwing his Lifetime fitness to a $1.2 billion business with more than 100 locations. Lately he's been putting his pedal…

One of the newest entries in the Minnesota medical device field is Preceptis, whose introducer concept promises to make ear-tube insertion, one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures in…

In 2005, Ansari assumed the Brooklyn Center facility that housed his parents' abrasives manufacturing business, launched Surly Brewing Co., and opened the tap on a burgeoning craft beer revolution. Surly's…

Lawyers and golf--they just sort of go together, particularly for Joe Anthony. In 2008, he became the general counsel for the United States Golf Association, all while maintaining his business…

"I fundementally believe that technology can be transformative if you focus on the strategic objectives of the client's business." This perspective has led Bandy to build a cloud-computing technologies business…

Baxter's interest in agriculture fuled his move from Kamaica to the United States, where he eventually settled in Minnesota and founded Cut Fruit Express in 1988. The fresh fruit and…

The privately held Bloomington-based Holiday Companies has never courted media attention. But the gas station and convenience store operator ranks as the fourth-largest private company in Minnesota, with estimated revenue…

Nervous that the rollercoaster of the equity markets might reach the end of its steady uphill climb and go into freefall, David Brown, a partner and securities analyst at Sit…

Miami, Florida-based Lennar is one of the nation's largest homebuilders and a dominant player in the Minnesota market. Burgess is the local leader for Lennar, which has ranked as the…

The Oct. 1 rollout for Healthcare.gov, the Affordable Care Act's online insurance marketplace, went less than smoothly. But it did shine in one regard, thanks in large part to GovDelivery,…

2024: As a founder of GovDelivery and Structural, Scott Burns has lived the life of a risk-taker. Since building and selling those companies, Burns is applying his startup knowledge to…

James Campbell spent his career inspired by a philosophy of lending time and talent, and it's something he continues since retiring from Wells Fargo a decade ago. One of his…

There's perhaps no attorney in town more aptly defined by his work as a securities litigator as he definitely gives his clients a sense of security. Carter serves as the…

In August, Minneapolis PR powerhouse Padilla Speer Beardsley nearly doubled in size when it acquired Virginia-based CRT/Tanaka. It brought together two of the country's most respected PR shops, creating a…

In the volatile, endlessly subjective, deadline-filled world of advertising, Steve Casey of Martin Williams remains unflappably calm in the face of it all. Two of Casey's ongoing pro bono clients…