Before it was a publicly held concern with a $25 billion market value, CME was a mutual organization owned and controlled by its members — an unruly crowd of loud, smart, headstrong traders. As CME’s chairman for all but five … Continue reading
A half-hour into our conversation, Terry Duffy’s phone buzzes. It’s Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. The Hawks are down to Detroit, three games to one, and Duffy has some ideas for how Toews can shake free of Red Wings winger Henrik … Continue reading
Kathryn Minshew quit her job at McKinsey to launch a website that would help professional women find the right companies to work for. The project failed, but she rebuilt the idea into The Muse: a site that lets job seekers … Continue reading
Early Thursday morning, Chicago’s business-inclined gathered at Nicor in Naperville for the Executives’ Club CEO fireside chat. Afterward, Grid grilled Molex CEO Martin Slark about life at the helm of a global corporation (hint: it doesn’t leave much time for … Continue reading
Most high-powered mergers go something like this: Discreet phone calls set up clandestine meetings between top executives, who consummate deals in quiet corners of pricey restaurants. Not so for GrubHub and Seamless, two fast-growing internet companies trying to revolutionize the … Continue reading
Beth Brooke — Ernst & Young’s global vice chair of public policy and a regular on Forbes’ list of the most powerful women in the world — stopped by the Palmer House Hilton Wednesday to speak about the economic potential … Continue reading
The biggest deal in Chicago technology since Groupon went public started out as a case of business envy. GrubHub, the online food-ordering service based in Chicago, announced yesterday that it’s merging with its largest rival, New York-based Seamless. The combined … Continue reading
In 1989, the Pritzker family hired Mark Hoplamazian, a former mergers-and-acquisitions specialist fresh off an MBA from the University of Chicago. Hoplamazian rose to the presidency of the Pritzker’s holding company before Thomas Pritzker nudged him over to its best-known … Continue reading
Laura McEwen, publisher at SELF, knows the magazine industry — she’s headed up the business side of media giants like Teen Vogue and Reader’s Digest. In February, the women’s fitness and wellness magazine, with a total print circulation of more … Continue reading
Julie Smolyansky took over Lifeway Foods in 2002 after her father, Michael Smolyansky, died of a heart attack at 55. The Morton Grove-based maker of kefir, a yogurtlike probiotic drink, has grown from $12 million in revenue to more than … Continue reading