Kevin McArdle is on a mission to build a better private equity firm. Working with two other tech industry veterans and friends, McArdle launched Big Band Software in late 2022…
The TCB 100 - 2024
The TCB 100 is the “little black book” of people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead. Meet those on the the 2024 list below. (Then watch the TCB 100 “Reveal” video).
By Liz Fedor, Allison Kaplan, Winter Keefer, Stephanie March, Tina Nguyen, Dan Niepow, Adam Platt, and Gene Rebeck
After years of national acclaim, including five James Beard Award nominations, for her work as a pastry chef in fine dining restaurants such as La Belle Vie and Spoon and…
What makes Bold Orange stand out among local agencies? Its focus on customer experience (CX). Margaret Murphy launched Bold Orange in 2017 after serving as president and CEO of Minneapolis-based…
Gov. Tim Walz looked outside Minnesota to find a leader to build the state’s paid family and medical leave program. Greg Norfleet, who was deputy director for operations for a…
Tom O’Neill launched Parallax in 2020 with the goal of helping digital service organizations forecast their supply and demand for proactive, strategic planning. In the coming year, Parallax will modernize…
Sarah Olson knows all too well how isolating the tech industry can be. After 25 years working in tech at companies like Cargill and Thomson Reuters, she transitioned to Minneapolis…
There are three paths into leadership in TV: news, sales, or finance. Ann Ouellette’s background in finance gives her a distinct advantage, she believes. “In finance you see every piece…
Though it’s been manufacturing private label snacks for giant retailers like Walmart (Great Value) and Walgreens (Nice!) for years, Minneapolis-based Flagstone Foods has generally kept a low profile. That looks…
Since becoming chief executive in 2020, Tuleah Palmer has been taking the Grand Rapids-based foundation in new directions. For many years, Blandin focused its grantmaking on rural broadband. Palmer has…
Cinnamon Pelly says she’s been working hard to focus on the “united” in Pillsbury United Communities “in more ways than one.” A former nonprofit leader in Ohio, Pelly took the…
Bob Pfefferle, local managing director for Houston-based developer Hines, is leading the North Loop Green project, a huge mixed-use development right next to Target Field, set to open in 2024.…
2024: Joe Pohlad is the first Pohlad to occupy an office at Target Field. He is still more of a listener and asker of questions than a decider, but he…
Jarrett Reed describes himself as a “corporate placemaker,” which hints at his broad approach to the role a store like Target can play in a community. Newly promoted to a…
What started as a way for Argentinian-turned-Minnesotan Belén Rodríguez to fend off homesickness has evolved into an entrepreneurial career and broader mission: to bring quality heritage-inspired Hispanic recipes to the…
Covid-19 shutdowns were only a few months away when Jeff Rogers and his brother Alex opened Wrecktangle Pizza in the North Loop Galley food hall in December 2019. Yet the…
When the space next to Nixta Tortilleria and Mexican Takeout in Northeast Minneapolis was vacated in 2023, opportunity prompted owners Kate and Gustavo Romero to open table-service restaurant Oro by…
The Walker, Guthrie, and Timberwolves are just a few of the organizations lining up to support Dan Ryan, a former ad agency pro who is reaching out to middle school…
Wallin Education Partners, established by former Medtronic CEO Win Wallin, has a new leader with a strong background in education equity in Mohamed Sallam, who recently joined the nonprofit that…