How Unity Forest Products CEO Enita Elphick Clawed Her Way to the Top
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, once defined leadership as the ability to inspire others to “dream more, learn more, do more and become more.” That definition undoubtedly applies to Unity Forest Products Owner and CEO Enita Elphick, who [click on title to continue reading...]
McClatchy Moves Up the Paper Chain
Any number of things make a business transaction a “big deal.” For one, size does matter, as does a touch of controversy and the potential to dramatically alter an industry. In 2006, the Sacramento region’s biggest deal - the McClatchy Co.’s $6.5 billion March purchase of the Knight Ridder [click on title to continue reading...]
Curt Johansen’s Trading Steep Profits for Sustainability. Will the Building Industry Follow Suit?
Curt Johansen is a man on a mission. The executive vice president of Triad Communities LP in Vallejo has been to the top of the development world, and to put it bluntly, he doesn’t much like the view. But Johansen [click on title to continue reading...]
The Rags-to-Riches Rise of Soccer Fanatic, Franchisee and Mega-Developer Abe Alizadeh
Imagine yourself at the age of 16 being dropped into the middle of a strange land where you don’t speak the language, have precious little money, no friends or relatives, and only the vaguest of ideas of where to go and what to do with [click on title to continue reading...]
How CoreLogic Became One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America
Mortgage lenders are always searching for a more efficient and profitable way to get from Point A to Point B. To accomplish that goal, about a quarter of the entire loan industry is beating a path to the door of Sacramento-based CoreLogic, whose high-tech loan-valuation [click on title to continue reading...]