The United States has made real progress on carbon emissions over the past fifty years. Colcom Foundation acknowledges this then uses it to make a sharper point about why progress alone is not enough.Between 1970 and 2021, U.S. per capita CO2 emissions dropped from 21.33 metric tons to 14.04 metric tons, a 35% reduction. That decline reflects genuine technological advancement, improved efficiency, and shifts in energy production. By any...
Europe presents a peculiar combination of mature, competitive markets and persistent structural inefficiencies that create opportunities for well-positioned investors and operators. Burak Basel has spent his career identifying and capitalizing on this combination, building a portfolio that spans multiple European jurisdictions.The UK market, despite post-Brexit disruptions, remains one of the world's most liquid and transparent investment...
When Hart Energy launched its Hall of Fame as part of a 50th anniversary celebration in 2023, Kelcy Warren was among the inaugural honorees. The recognition placed the Energy Transfer executive chairman in company with some of the most consequential figures in oil and gas history. For Kelcy Warren, whose career began at a Texas utility company in the late 1970s, the honor represented the culmination of more than four decades of work reshaping...
Long-term investment perspective is easy to claim and difficult to maintain. The pressures of venture capital — the need to mark portfolios, the expectations of limited partners, the competitive dynamics of the asset class — all create incentives for shorter time horizons than deep technology investment typically requires. Yazan Al Homsi has maintained the patience that his investment sectors demand, building a portfolio with the conviction...
Merchant services is among the most competitive and most commoditized segments of the payments industry — a market where dozens of processors offer functionally similar products and where price has historically been the primary competitive battleground. Thomas Priore has built Priority's merchant services business on a different premise: that merchants want more than commodity payment acceptance, and that the companies that offer genuinely...
Direct sales as an industry is evolving—under pressure from digital alternatives, changing consumer expectations, and increasing scrutiny of the practices and culture of field sales organizations. Grit Marketing has positioned itself on the right side of this evolution by building a culture that embraces the aspects of direct sales that are genuinely valuable while actively working to improve on the industry's historical weaknesses.Career...
Judd Zebersky officially stepped down as CEO of Jazwares on March 20, 2026, ending a nearly three-decade run at the company he founded after leaving his law practice in the late 1990s. David Neustein, who served as Chief Operating Officer for 14 years, took over the chief executive role on March 23, 2026. The transition marked the close of a defining chapter for one of the toy industry's most unusual founder stories.From Attorney to Toy...
Recognition on Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list is not given for potential. It is awarded for demonstrated results, and when Justin Fulcher appeared on the Healthcare & Science edition in 2017, he had spent four years building a telemedicine company that operated across multiple Asian countries at a time when remote healthcare was still considered a fringe concept in much of the region.The Company Behind the RecognitionRingMD, which Fulcher...
Client loyalty in wealth management is not something that can be promised or marketed into existence. According to Justin Nelson, Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, it is earned through daily decisions to act with integrity. After nearly 30 years in the industry, JP Morgan's Justin Nelson has a clear-eyed view of what separates advisors who retain clients for decades from those who do not.The answer, he says, is...
Most origin stories in the podcast industry involve someone buying a microphone and figuring things out as they go. Greg Soros's story runs in the opposite direction. By the time he launched Podcraft Media Lab, the Greg Soros podcaster had spent a decade inside major audio operations, earning a certificate from Berklee College of Music and working his way up from intern to senior producer at prominent media companies.That foundation matters....