Arpan Gupta CARNEGIE CUSTOM HOMES www.carnegiehomes.com | 281.772.8877   Is this your intended career path?  If not, how did you get here? Actually, what I do now is far from my intended career path.  Maybe that’s part of what makes it so much more rewarding. I studied Economics at Rice and then got my MD from Baylor College … [Read more...]

STEVE DEWIRE GM | HYATT REGENCY LOST PINES Steve Dewire is a Hyatt man. He speaks with passion and conviction about the company he has been with for over 36 years and with an excitement of a kid just starting out. He began his career with Hyatt as a transportation driver and has worked his way steadily up the ranks to become the General … [Read more...]

kyler fields THE GROUND UP Kyler Fields has built The Ground Up from…well, literally, the ground up. A company where “sustainability” isn’t simply a catchphrase, The Ground Up is comprised of people who are passionate about soil, rocks and protecting the earth by keeping it natural. Based upon a “green is good” value system The … [Read more...]

grant goldin PRESIDENT, SEAL SECURITY Grant Goldin is serious. he is serious about security, he is serious about business, and he is serious about not having anyone’s photograph taken at their company. As one of the owners of SEAL Security his work is dangerous, and as his partner puts it, “We don’t mess around.” The brothers have built … [Read more...]

murray penner M. PENNER CLOTHING How did you first get started in the clothing business? My father Morris opened M. Penner in 1974. I attended The University of Texas and later went on to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. After a selling stint at Macy’s in New York, I returned to Houston in 1980 and went to work … [Read more...]

TYSH MEFFERD Stella & Dot TYSH MEFFERD Stella & Dot Tysh Mefferd started her own wedding invitation business in Houston and grew it from zero to over $500,000 in revenue in just a few short years. Since then, the motivated wife and mother of three has gone on to build another successful business with Stella & Dot, where she … [Read more...]

ADAM ASCHMANN Vice President/Director of Government Affairs for the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) ADAM ASCHMANN Vice President/Director of Government Affairs for the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) Adam Aschmann has been the Vice President/Director of Government Affairs for the Greater Houston Builders … [Read more...]