General Electric sold its appliance business to a Chinese buyer and expected quiet decline. Instead, Haier handed the keys to the people running the machines - and GE Appliances started pouring billions back into Kentucky.
Zoeller built an 87-year business around a machine most people notice only when it stops. Its edge is not novelty for novelty's sake, but obsessive testing, contractor trust and a family portfolio that follows water almost everywhere it needs to go.
How a 1961 nursing-home bet in Louisville became a Medicare Advantage powerhouse - and why Humana is now buying the clinic, the pharmacy and the house call instead of just the insurance card.