Sentences with phrase «years running a firm»

Ogilvy is a fabulous story teller, and the wisdom he acquired regarding business and leadership over the first 15 years running his firm is still surprisingly relevant today.

After law school, Jakeman spent two years running a firm with another lawyer in Fort McMurray, Alta., and then his own firm in Victoria before taking on his current role at the CBA - BC.

Not exact matches

Joseph and Ted Burnett jointly head up Burnac Corp., a family - run firm that invests in real estate and grocery produce distribution, but in recent years they have been exiting these businesses and transitioning into bonds for their estate - planning purposes.

Mervyn Kitay has been anointed as chief executive in waiting at Crowe Horwath Perth, Western Australia's eight biggest accounting firm, taking over from Geoff Kidd, who has run the partnership for the past 19 years.

It's rare for families to successfully navigate even one generational transition in the boardroom — a Canadian Business Insights study from last year found that just 17 % of family - run businesses have a firm succession plan in place.

Whitley Stimpson, one of the country's top accountancy firms, has been shortlisted for the Established Business Award at the Cherwell Business Awards 2018 for the second year running.

He ran it for years before launching his own eponymous firm in 1978.

About three out of every four smartphones sold during the first half of this year ran on Android software, according to the research firm Gartner Inc..

That means Goldman's project is on track: People familiar with the bank's plans said late last year that firm aimed to have its new business running by the end of June.

It should come as no surprise then, that many of this year's winning firms are run by serial entrepreneurs with money to burn.

Before Guy Baroan began running his Elmwood Park, N.J. - based IT firm, Baroan Technologies, full time, he spent several years managing an indoor amusement park.

In pursuing Mr. Corzine, who ran MF Global when the brokerage firm collapsed two years ago, the agency never offered to settle.

For years, I ran a one - man political and corporate marketing firm (me!).

«We ran the group in stealth mode for five years, which gave us greater latitude,» Darling said of the firm's private investments.

Three years ago, Sterling Lanier, a serial entrepreneur then running a successful market research firm, got a phone call from a medical researcher he knew at the University of California, San Francisco.

He spent some time working at a private foundation as former Vice-Presidential candidate Jack Kemp's speechwriter, and spent a «resume padding» year as a marketing consultant for his family's construction firm in Wisconsin before running for Congress himself.

When I was preparing to speak to a group of Black corporate directors several years ago, I was asked a straightforward question: How much money does the foundation I run invest with firms owned by women or minorities?

Jimmy John's was considering an IPO last year, but Darren Tristano, president of a food and beverage consultant firm called Technomic, said that this will likely be a better move in the long run.

«For wedding locations that are popular wedding destinations — think Hawaii or Southern California — or locations where the weather is nice all year round, slow seasons as far as weddings are concerned are basically nonexistent,» said Christina Farrow, president and co-founder of planning site AislePlanner.com, who previously ran a wedding planning firm in Hawaii.

The firm's Vice Chairman, Charles Munger, once remarked in an interview that no fewer than three times in the fifty plus years they ran the business, they watched the quoted market value of their Berkshire Hathaway shares collapse by 50 % or more peak - to - trough.

A recent report by fellow cyber-security firm Kaspersky found that cryptocurrency mining malware also infected over 1.65 million machines running Kaspersky solutions in the first eight months of the year.

Fifteen years ago I started a global marketing firm out of the 3rd floor of my home and love running my own company.

In the years that followed, Matsko ran Selway as an investment advisory firm and also ran something called the Talon Fund, a hedge fund.

Primary is an early - stage venture capital firm based in New York City, run by Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga, who combined have a 30 - year track record as investors and operators in the NYC Tech scene.

ABOUT PRIMARY Primary Venture Partners is an early - stage venture capital firm run by Brad Svrluga and Ben Sun, who have a combined 30 - year track record as successful investors and operators.

He returned to the firm after working in Doha, Qatar, for two years, running M. & A. for Qatar Holding.

With 20 years in venture capital, including 14 years running the back office, he is a highly experienced venture capital executive capable of managing all aspects of a VC firm.

After a 15 - year run in venture capital with Accel Partners, Gouw left her post in February to rejoin the ranks of entrepreneurs and cofound her own venture firm, Aspect.

Skiingproperty.com is a boutique family firm run by two directors with extensive first - hand knowledge of the Alps, having built up relationships with leading developers over many years.

Years ago, when I was running my own brokerage firm, an opportunity was presented for me to hire a gentleman who possessed a PhD.

Earlier this year, the activist investment firm Elliot Associates, run by famed hedge fund manager Paul Singer, recognized the disconnect between Advisory Board's public market price and the actual intrinsic value of the business.

Most web firms take one look at this site and run and hide (there's over 800 pages online at BB, 2500 recipes and 18 years of curated newsletters plus a membership data base that is only as large as it is ancient in software.

Since stepping down from running British food giant Premier Foods Plc in June last year he has worked with a string of private equity firms including KKR which is now circling Treasury Wine after approaching the board in April with an offer of $ 4.70 per share.

Pacific Equity Partners has hired accounting firm PwC to run the numbers on its iconic Peters Ice Cream business, indicating Australia's largest private - equity firm may consider jettisoning the asset this year.

It was one of the hardest scenes to watch in the show's five - year run, but I may just be saying that because I have a daughter and am relatively firm in my resolve to not burn her alive.

After two years as a trader with a New York investment firm, he joined the Milwaukee Bucks as an assistant; in the stretch runs of 1988 - 89 and» 89 - 90 he even came out of retirement to help out in the backcourt.

Luan has just two years to run on his current deal at Vasco and it is thought that he could be available for as little as # 3million if any of his Premier League suitors firm up their interest in the defender.

Sive - Tomashefsky left Playboy in March, after five years with the organization, to run her own consulting firm.

After four years running Edelman's UK public affairs operation, Eastoe was promoted to deputy CEO of all firm's UK operations in 2007.

In addition to recovering $ 170 million, Cuomo fined the high - powered lobbying firm run by Patricia Lynch for $ 500,000 and banned her from appearing before the comptroller's office for five years.

The proposal appears similar to one pitched by engineering firm AECOM last year, which called for a 1 train extension from the Rector Street station that would run to three new stations in Red Hook.

State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez, a Democrat from East Harlem running for the City Council, has a second job at an asset management and financial consulting firm that has earned him hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last few years.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Firms seeking the 30 - year gaming contract to run a proposed Aqueduct Race Track racino must submit $ 1 million entry fee payments by Tuesday.

Earlier in the year, the Speaker of the Assembly was arrested and charged with running multi million dollar fraud scheme through manipulation of his connections with two private law firms.

When former Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito of East Harlem captured the council speakership in 2014, Crain's ran a photo of this then - six - year - old firm's founders on its cover.

Earlier in the year, the former Speaker of the Assembly Sheldon Silver was arrested and charged with running a multimillion dollar fraud scheme through manipulation of his connections with two private law firms.

Also providing advice is the Washington DC - based public affairs firm Goddard Gunster, which has run dozens of referenda campaigns over the past 30 years and claims a success rate of more than 90 per cent.

Since declining to seek a fourth term — ostensibly so he could focus on a possible run for president — the 69 - year - old moderate Republican has launched a consulting firm and joined Chadbourne and Parke, a New York City - based law firm.

After 10 years running the fair, Cappuccilli resigned from the $ 125,000 per year job in 2005 to work at the Gilberti, Stinziano, Heintz & Smith law firm.

Two years before helping Donald Trump target prospective 2016 supporters, the now - embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica tested its tools with an array of conservative groups allied with the wealthy Mercer family, including a super PAC run by newly appointed national security adviser John Bolton.