November 2009/FEATURES

Tate Carlson

Grand Rapids State Bank

Legacy Award Finalist

By: Drew Wood

When 38-year-old Noah Wilcox, president and CEO of Grand Rapids State Bank, says, “From my great-grandfather to me, the thing that’s been consistent is managing it for the long term,” he means it.

Noah is the...

When the Herbert Hoover presidential campaign was promising “a chicken in every pot” in 1928, St. Cloud-area businessman E.M. Helgeson already had been selling day-old chicks throughout the Midwest for two years through...

2nd Annual Minnesota Family Business Awards

A celebration of Minnesota's finest family businesses.

By: David Gee, Drew Wood

Did you know that family-owned businesses account for 33 percent of the S&P 500 firms, 64 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, 80 percent of the U.S. workforce, 65 percent of wages...

Liberty Diversified International

Global Market Special Recognition

By: Drew Wood

Liberty Diversified International's story began as many family business stories do: modestly and with no expectation of anything other than earning a decent living. Specifically, LDI began in 1918 with a Russian immigrant...

Murphy Warehouse

Community Commitment Special Recognition

By: Drew Wood

That was in 1904 and, although Murphy is being recognized for community commitment and being a legacy finalist, that makes them the oldest of our eight finalists by a solid 10 years.

It is no wonder, then, that...

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