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David Dill learned to coach somewhere else
A basketball coach’s son became an accountant, then the CEO of Lifepoint Health. His route through business keeps circling back to a Kentucky campus, a family lesson and the work of helping other people succeed.
Frank Svoboda and the art of keeping score
Before he became Globe Life’s co-CEO, Frank Svoboda finished sixth at a national college golf championship. His route from Nebraska Wesleyan to shared leadership in Texas runs through four decades of accounting, insurance and institutional memory.
Don Edwards and the art of handing over the keys
He built Flexpoint Ford, backed the university that shaped him, and spent years preparing his successor. Don Edwards’s next chapter puts a different kind of investment to the test: what continues when someone else takes the chair.
Daniel Kraft Learned to Play the Long Game
Before Daniel Kraft began opening conversations for Clay, he learned to recover a round, carry a team and make a story land. His route from a California golf course to Brooklyn sales is a study in useful range.
Bryan Olshock Learned to Read a Scorecard. Now He Reads a Market.
Before he led marketing for the software platform serving the trades, Bryan Olshock chased pars, built a company during college and learned to make difficult data intelligible. His career is a study in keeping score without confusing the score for the game.