Chief Executive Paul Bay is leading tech distribution giant Ingram Micro into a digital future designed to shed time-consuming tasks and boost sales and margins. The Irvine-based company is betting that its AI-powered Xvantage platform will improve the industry’s traditional sales model. The platform is designed to streamline the process Read More
Has Orange County turned on Elon Musk? Recent data from the OC Automobile Dealers Association (OCADA) suggest the recent behavior by the Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) owner and CEO is having a negative effect on sales in a region that’s long been one of the EV maker’s best domestic markets. May Read More
Greenlaw Partners founder Wil Smith is a 1999 graduate of the Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development program at the USC Price School of Public Policy. “The USC degree gave me a lot of confidence as an entrepreneur,” Smith told USC Today earlier this month. Smith already had an entrepreneurial Read More
Like me, I’m guessing most of you have reached the point where you need to find an escape from our nation’s political and economic state of affairs. Perhaps that escape will be found by cracking open a few of the books you’ve stored away for summer reading.What follows are a Read More
Dave Coyle, chief executive of Santa Ana-based Coyle Construction Inc., is no stranger to building structures from the ground up. But now the veteran general contractor is looking to build more than structures. Through a new workforce training program launched by the Orange County Rescue Mission (OCRM), Coyle is helping Read More
I attended Duke University on a Naval ROTC scholarship. My parents were delighted because they had both served in the Navy. In August of my junior year, I announced that I was “going Marine option,” meaning I would commission as a Marine officer upon graduation. Nearly speechless, their response was, Read More
So much for Jack Hartung’s quiet retirement. Again. Last July, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced that Hartung, then CFO of the Newport Beach fast casual chain, had decided to retire after 25 years at the company, effective early 2025. That plan didn’t last long, as Chipotle’s then-CEO, Brian Niccol, Read More
Shares of Boot Barn Holdings Inc. went on a wild ride on Wall Street this month where they started around $104 a share. By press time, shares had climbed to $160.94 and a $4.9 billion market cap, making it a 55% rise in less than three weeks. The Irvine-based Western Read More
Editor’s Note: The Business Journal’s issue this week highlights 50 rising entrepreneurs who have successfully raised funds and/or started companies. We asked three OC-based investors what they seek in entrepreneurs. The Buffalo ChargeBy Chris Van DusenCows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it— and gets through Read More
Tommy Beadel TOMMY BEADEL FOUNDER / CO-CHAIRMAN THOMAS JAMES HOMES WHY: In 2006, started company that specializes in tearing down homes in older West Coast neighborhoods and building new ones, selling them from $3M-$7M. Often has 500 homes in production. Has raised $45M over time, according to PitchBook. Oaktree Capital Read More
