Few companies in the domestic energy business can point to five continuous decades of operation, but Gulf Coast Western counts 1970 as its founding year. Based in Dallas, the firm has spent that time exploring, developing, and acquiring oil and gas reserves concentrated in the Gulf Coast region, a footprint that now extends across Texas, […]
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The Woman Behind Colcom Foundation’s Environmental Mission
Cordelia S. May respected the beauty and balance found in the natural world, and she understood early how thoroughly that balance had already been disrupted. Her response was not abstract. At twenty three years old, in 1952, she began supporting family planning as a direct way to address what she saw as the underlying cause […]
Justin Nelson’s Leadership Legacy at JP Morgan
Justin Nelson measures his career at JP Morgan by more than assets under management or client retention rates. As Managing Director and Head of the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, he places equal weight on the growth of the twenty person team he leads every day. […]
From Berklee to Austin, Greg Soros Builds a Studio
Long before Greg Soros became known for his measured approach to podcast automation, he trained at Berklee College of Music and worked in senior roles at established media companies. That background shows up in how the podcaster now runs Podcraft Media Lab, a production house built out of what started as a converted garage studio […]
What Children’s Books Really Need to Teach, Says Greg Soros
Greg Soros Author has spent more than fifteen years writing for young readers, and in that time he has settled on a question he believes matters more than any other in children’s fiction. Rather than asking what a character wants, Soros argues that authors should ask what a character needs to learn. That shift in […]
Gulf Coast Western Reviews Highlight Notable Tax Benefits
Tax treatment rarely tops the list of reasons someone gets excited about an investment, but for oil and gas joint ventures it can be one of the more persuasive details. Qualified partners in a Gulf Coast Western venture can write off 100% of drilling expenses and production income against their ordinary income, a benefit current […]
What Gulf Coast Western Reviews Say About Its CEO
Matthew Fleeger didn’t inherit his role at Gulf Coast Western without putting in the years first. He joined the family business in the mid-1980s, shortly after finishing a business administration degree at Southern Methodist University, and spent eight years learning the operation from the inside out, from financial planning to sales and marketing. Then he […]
How Michael Gold of Westport Defines Trustworthiness in Wealth Management
Trustworthiness is the quality most families say they want from a wealth manager. But according to Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, very few people know how to evaluate it before committing to a relationship. Gold, who has advised entrepreneurs, business owners, and multigenerational families for more than 25 […]
How Greg Soros Thinks About the Reader on the Other Side of the Page
Not every children’s author thinks systematically about the reader waiting at home. Greg Soros does. His approach to writing for young people is grounded in a clear theory of what children’s books should accomplish a theory he has refined over more than 16 years of writing and community engagement. At the center of that theory […]
Inside the JP Conte Family Foundation’s Portfolio of Gifts
Inside the JP Conte Family Foundation’s Portfolio of Gifts The JP Conte Family Foundation reads less like a checkbook and more like a portfolio. Since its founding in 2017, the foundation has spread gifts across causes that span education, medical research, and conservation. Jean-Pierre Conte runs that portfolio with a consistent test. Whatever the cause, […]