In 2014, Aaron Switz left hedge funds for an even more volatile business: restaurants. The result was Agra Culture, Sotarol, Yumi Sushi—so things worked out. But his Minneapolis-based company is…
The TCB 100 - 2023
Meet the business leaders, trailblazers, and newsmakers poised to make an
impression in 2023.
Every summer, the editors of TCB sit down and make a list. A list of the people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead. Then we cut the list down to 100, and that’s no easy task, because this list includes not just business, but also government and philanthropic worlds that intersect with business. We like to think of the TCB 100 as the proverbial “little black book” of key people to watch in our coverage area. So sit back, share in the success of some old friends, and get to know some new ones. —Adam Platt
By Liz Fedor, Allison Kaplan, Winter Keefer, Stephanie March, Tina Nguyen, Dan Niepow, Adam Platt, and Gene Rebeck.
An outlier throughout the pandemic, Evereve, the Edina-based national retail chain, added stores across the country while competitors were closing their doors. Now many of those locations are about to…
THC has been a hot topic in Minnesota after the state Legislature explicitly passed new regulations that allow the production and sale of hemp-derived THC edibles. Jason Tarasek, who founded…
New Hope-based paper, packaging, and workplace solutions company Liberty Diversified International is one of the country’s largest family-owned businesses. Industry veteran Greg Theis (not family) became CEO in August. LDI…
As downtown Minneapolis boosters go, you probably won’t find a pair more committed than Sam and Dion Turner, longtime owners of the 24-hour Nicollet Diner. In 2020, they purchased the…
Leading one of the state’s largest health care unions, Mary Turner says it’s her goal to “stop the flow of nurses leaving the bedside, because it is a public health…
To Odell Tuttle, technology is how companies stand out in an ever-evolving hiring market. Tuttle and his team are working to consolidate Avionté's staffing automation tech onto the cloud to…
You probably know John Wall’s wife, Patricia, and her magnetic Malcolm Yards food hall, but there are even bigger plans in the works at the site, and developer Wall is…
2023: Twin brothers Rob and Ryan Weber have been building tech companies since college. They launched their first business, NativeX, out of a dorm room at St. Cloud State. Now, as…
Mary Jo Williamson, a 26-year Mayo Clinic veteran who’s chief administrative officer of Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Mayo Collaborative Services, became the Minnesota Chamber board chair in September. As the…
Just one of nine co-founders, Andrea Yoch emphasizes the “group project” aspect of the Minnesota Aurora FC women’s soccer team in the USL W, a pre-professional league. Yoch was tapped…