Sandra Beard is resigning as chief financial officer of Newport Beach-based Evolus Inc., a maker of beauty products, effective June 13. Beard is taking the same position at an unidentified private mental health and wellness technology company, Evolus said in a statement. The company said the resignation isn’t the result Read More
Shannon Eusey has had to convince investors to let her manage millions of dollars of their money at Beacon Pointe Advisors, the firm she co-founded with her father. On top of that, she’s employed a roll-up strategy to make dozens of acquisitions around the nation where she had to persuade Read More
Investors became so excited about the potential of Glaukos Corp. that from late 2023 until early February, they had more than doubled the price of each share to more than $160 and an $8.8 billion market cap. “All the analyst reports were super bullish,” recalled Glaukos CFO Alex Thurman. “At Read More
As a youngster, Michael Arens would go on family vacations in Florida, where he saw the “red tides” and fish kills that would close local beaches, causing disappointment because the native of St. Louis wanted to swim in the ocean. During a high school speech class, he heard a classmate Read More
Jack Hartung, who’s been a key executive at Newport Beach-based Chipotle Mexican Grill during its rise to national prominence, has been named to the board of directors of Tesla Inc., the world’s biggest maker of electric vehicles. He’ll start his role on June 1, including on Tesla’s auditing committee. Tesla Read More
Orange County’s unemployment rate fell to 3.7% in April from a revised 3.8% in March and above the 3.4% in April last year, according to the state’s Employment Development Department. The state’s unemployment rate of 5.0% The U.S.’s was 3.9%. Nonfarm OC employment increased by 5,000 jobs from March to Read More
MeridianLink Inc., a Costa Mesa-based software provider for small banks and credit unions, said President Larry Katz will become chief executive, effective Oct. 1. Current CEO Nicolaas Vlok plans to depart the post, while remaining on the board of directors (NYSE: MLNK). Katz joined MeridianLink in early 2024 as chief Read More
The Surfing Heritage & Culture Center is moving from a warehouse in a San Clemente business park to downtown Laguna Beach. The new site is located at 239 Broadway, which previously housed Laguna Drugs and is owned by the Duda family, according to the Stu News Laguna website. “The Duda Read More
Crisp Imaging, a Costa Mesa-based provider of digital print and reprographic services across the West Coast, said it acquired Orange-based AAA Blueprint & Digital Reprographics Inc. Terms weren’t disclosed. AAA Blueprint & Digital Reprographics was founded in 1968 as a small, garage-based operation and steadily grew through two locations and Read More
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s Sapien 3 platform has been approved for a new indication. The Food and Drug Administration recently cleared the line of catheter-based heart valves, which includes Sapien 3, Sapien 3 Ultra and Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia, for severe aortic stenosis in patients before they’ve begun to show symptoms. Read More
