Joe Mullich

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Tapestry

High fashion has long been dominated by European conglomerates: LVMH, Kering, Richemont. With a major acquisition in August 2023, Tapestry set itself up to be the U.S.’s first real contender in the space. Home to...

By Joe Mullich

AMD

Since Lisa Su became CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) a decade ago, the chipmaker’s market value has risen more than a hundredfold, surpassing that of onetime king-of-the-hill Intel. But Su’s biggest brag might have...

By Joe Mullich

Rappi

You’re doing something right if your company name becomes a verb. Rappi—the “everything app” of Latin America that can be used to order dinner, groceries, and other goods, book a hotel room, get a credit...

By Joe Mullich

Airbus

As the aviation industry finally put pandemic-era restrictions behind it, Airbus emerged as the clear king of the skies in 2023. While archrival Boeing has been hampered by an ongoing series of safety issues, Airbus...

By Joe Mullich

Redwood Materials

Even as he was helping to launch the electric-car revolution, Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel was thinking about what would ultimately happen to the valuable nickel, cobalt, and lithium in battery packs. Redwood Materials, which he...

By Joe Mullich

Envision Energy

Envision Energy is steeped in green superlatives, from being the world’s biggest producer of wind turbines to owning the fastest electric car racing team. It’s part of founder and CEO Zhang Lei’s vision of a...

By Joe Mullich

Transsion

If you start naming the world’s top smartphone makers, you’ll probably stumble at No. 5. Transsion is barely known in its home country of China, let alone in Europe or the U.S. But in emerging...

By Joe Mullich

Blundstone

Blundstone boots, a mainstay for blue collar Australians, have been around longer than light bulbs. But now, in its 15th decade, the 100% Tasmanian family-owned company is having a major global moment. A-listers from Jake...

By Joe Mullich

Athletic Brewing Company

Nonalcoholic (NA) beer is becoming firmly entrenched in mainstream drinking culture, and Athletic Brewing is a big reason why. But when Bill Shufelt launched the company back in 2017, NA naysayers were everywhere. “We’ve been...

By Joe Mullich

Boston Metal

Steel manufacturing accounts for 10% of annual global CO2 emissions, so decarbonization can’t come fast enough. Boston Metal’s patented molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) solution takes the coal out of steelmaking, replacing the most carbon-intensive manufacturing...

By Joe Mullich

Jazwares

A friend’s 10- and 12-year-old daughters put the importance of Squishmallows plush toys into sharp context: “Nothing is close to being as important,” they declared, “except maybe Taylor Swift.” Toymaker Jazwares has seen its Squishmallows...

By Joe Mullich

Highland Electric Fleets

Duncan McIntyre was jarred the first time he saw a school bus tailpipe spewing harmful particulates and pollutants at the exact same height of his second-grader son’s mouth. “I realized just how important it was...

By Joe Mullich
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