Anthony Sanchez Architecture AO is pleased to welcome back Anthony Diorio-Sanchez as Principal. With over 25 years of design experience spanning retail, mixed-use, commercial, office, and residential sectors, Anthony brings expertise in creating dynamic and engaging spaces. His extensive background in designing and executing large-scale experiential shopping destinations has positioned Read More
Orange County’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in February from a revised 4.1% in January and unchanged from February last year, according to the state’s Employment Development Department. The state’s unemployment rate of 5.5% was unchanged from January and up from 5.1% a year ago. The U.S.’s was 4.5%. Nonfarm Read More
A new small company that combines distribution of Asian foods with indoor home products made its public debut this month. Irvine-based Marwynn Holdings Inc. opened on the Nasdaq on March 13 at $4 per share under the ticker “MWYN,” raising $8 million in gross proceeds. Marwynn in January had anticipated Read More
One of Orange County’s fastest-growing public companies only went public two months ago. Beta Bionics Inc.’s concept of an artificial pancreas that regulates blood sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) was well received by Wall Street. It raised an upsized $234.6 million during its January debut, $120 Read More
The county’s fastest-growing publicly traded companies grew revenue by an average of 58% during a two-year span ending Dec. 31, 2024. Nineteen of Orange County’s 50 biggest publicly traded companies made the list, with a cutoff at a minimum 15% or more growth. The lists are broken into three categories: Read More
Rivian Automotive Inc., which has faced a lot of investor criticism about whether it can survive, has proven one thing for certain—its vehicles are popular. The Irvine-based maker of electric vehicles more than doubled its annual revenue over the past two years to $5 billion, up from $1.7 billion in Read More
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed an upsized $134.8 million public offering this month. The Irvine-based biopharmaceutical company plans to use net proceeds to boost commercialization of its eyedrop Xdemvy in the U.S., as well as develop treatments for other diseases such as ocular rosacea and Lyme disease, according to a Feb. Read More
Aeon Biopharma Inc. has announced that Marc Forth is stepping down as chief executive and president, effective April 4. The Irvine-based biopharmaceutical company appointed Jost Fischer, current chairman of the board, as interim CEO. “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Marc for his invaluable contributions to AEON Read More
From child poverty to entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and philanthropist, Daniel Ramsey was raised in a trailer in Redding, California, which had a population of about 30,000 at the time. The lessons he learned as he pulled himself out of poverty fueled his rise in the business world, where he connected Read More
The coming artificial business disaster will not be robots run amok like in Ex Machina or The Terminator. Instead, the monster AI problem many executives will face is their business model going extinct. “There are a lot of businesses that will go out of existence,” predicts Dean, CEO of Tampa-based Read More
