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Conor Flynn and the value of coming back
A banking internship sent Conor Flynn looking for something he could build. At Kimco Realty, he found a career in the places people visit without making an occasion of it.
Sean Connor and the question at the exit
At Blue Owl, Sean Connor has helped build a global business bringing private markets to individual investors. His work turns on a practical challenge: making the invitation as clear as the terms.
Giuseppe Commisso and the business of belonging
A finance executive steps into two very public jobs: leading Mediacom and presiding over Fiorentina. His first year is a test of how much a family legacy can change while still feeling like home.
Jean-Pierre Aubin and the value of an open door
At BGC, JP Aubin helps run a global brokerage business. In Paris, his family foundation has helped create a place where children can discover art before anyone tells them it is meant for somebody else.
Elina Onitskansky and the six months before the leap
Before founding Ilant Health, Elina Onitskansky spent six months testing her idea in conversations with industry experts. It was a familiar habit for a chemistry and physics graduate whose career has crossed research, consulting, investing, and corporate strategy.
Leon Black and the price of an eye for value
He built Apollo by studying what others wanted to sell, then paid $119.9 million for The Scream. Leon Black’s story runs from distressed debt to museum walls, with a reckoning over judgment that money has not settled.
Andrea F. Rabney and the Art of Handing Over the Story
She began in compliance, spent 13 years leading communications at ImClone, and co-founded Argot Partners in 2007. Now Andrea F. Rabney is becoming the next chapter’s adviser, with a firm built to carry on beyond its founders.
Andrew Kortina and the art of getting sidetracked
A philosophy degree, a forgotten wallet, an assistant service, and a troublesome screenplay. The Venmo and Fin co-founder keeps finding new reasons to make things with his friends.
Paolo Bertolotti and the quiet art of getting banks to work together
From Columbia sailing to an MIT doctorate, Paolo Bertolotti kept finding his way to networks. At ModernFi, he is building one that helps local financial institutions keep the customers they know.
Lisa Frank and the Case for Having Something to Say
Before she became CEO of Derris, Lisa Frank helped build a business around a demanding question: why should anyone care? Her career follows the answer from a shared Manhattan workspace to the brands, people and decisions behind a public story.
Shehzan Maredia and the cost of keeping your bitcoin
He watched his parents work hard to earn money, then struggle with how to save it. At Lava, Shehzan Maredia is building a financial life around one conviction: people should be able to use their bitcoin without having to sell it.
Lucio Di Rosa and the business of making yourself at home
Before founding LDR22, Lucio Di Rosa cooked dinner for the people he helped dress. From Tuscany to Hollywood, his career explains why a fashion agency might begin with an invitation to stay.
Varun Krishnamurthy and the business of getting unstuck
A software engineer, a second company, and a stubborn administrative queue. At Assured, Varun Krishnamurthy is turning the delays he once worked around into the work his software takes on.
Cristin D. Burtis and the Art of Getting a City to Move
Before she coordinated Super Bowl Boulevard, Cristin D. Burtis helped St. John’s win a soccer championship. Her career since has unfolded where public ambition meets the practical business of moving people.
Jimmy Asci and the Trouble With a Good Story
Before co-founding Scale, Jimmy Asci explained music rights, advised embattled executives and led communications at WeWork during its aborted IPO. His career traces what happens when a carefully prepared story meets an audience with questions.
Jean-François Bouchard’s unfinished business
He co-founded Sid Lee and helped turn Montreal creativity into an international business. Now his photographs and films follow people making lives outside the usual frame.
François-Xavier Leduc knows what two months can cost
A car-sharing startup taught him how quickly a company can run out of time. Now the DeepIP co-founder is building AI for patent professionals, with a familiar partner and a different approach to the clock.
Kaustav Das and the geography of a dollar
After two decades in credit risk, Kaustav Das began asking why a global software company should be financed as a collection of local businesses. Efficient Capital Labs is his answer, built with Manish Arora across the US-India corridor and beyond.
Florent Peyre and the art of keeping time
From Paris publishing to New York startups, Florent Peyre has made a career of bringing people into the same rhythm. Now the Small Door co-founder leads a combined business with Bond Vet, and the ensemble has grown.
Doron Cohen and the customers who changed the plan
He built Covercy to move money across borders. Real estate investors used it to show him a different business - and he followed their lead.
Amy Binder and the Business of Seeing Differently
She grew up in a public relations family, trained her eye through photography, and built RF|Binder around a business question. Twenty-five years later, Amy Binder is still asking people to change their angle.
Tim Chatfield and the price of an hour
He grew up trying to make more time for surfing. At Jitjatjo, Tim Chatfield turned the calendar into a business problem - and built a career around who gets to control it.
Tristan Kalos and the lesson in the empty database
A client’s missing data gave the future Escape co-founder a problem he could not forget. He has spent the years since bringing developers and security teams into the same conversation.
Dev Ittycheria and the advantage of an unfinished answer
He helped take two software companies public, then returned to run MongoDB again. Along the way, Dev Ittycheria learned to leave more room for the things a chief executive needs to hear.
David Yowan and the art of getting smaller
At American Express, David Yowan helped change where the money came from. At Navient, he changed how much company was needed to manage it. His three-year turn as CEO ended with a return to the board in June 2026.
Michael Chapin and the long way back to FTD
FTD bought his former employer. He built From You Flowers. Two decades later, Michael Chapin took charge of both businesses - with local florists at the center of his next test.
Lisa Burns and the Art of Getting Everyone in the Room
Lisa Burns founded Burns McClellan in 1988 and spent 36 years connecting companies with capital. Her legacy lives in the careers she nudged forward, the friendships she made and the firm she prepared to carry on.
Sarah Levinson Rothman and the advantage of sharing the room
She brought corporate communications to a partnership built across talent and brands. At The Lede Company, Sarah Levinson Rothman’s career offers a view of how an adviser becomes an owner - and how a company grows by making room for other people’s expertise.
Filip Sasic and the distance between an idea and an introduction
Water polo brought Filip Sasic to New York. Now the founder of Entrepreneurs for Global Change helps young entrepreneurs cross a different distance: the one between building a product and finding the people who can help it grow.
Nate Hinton and the Art of Being Useful
He sold his Ford Taurus and moved to New York to find a place in fashion. Years later, Nate Hinton is helping designers answer a harder question: what should happen after people start looking?