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Soluade leads diversity and inclusion efforts for a company that Diversity Inc. called a top 50 company for diversity.

Chef Logan Ely, with restaurant partners Brian Schuman and Corey Moszer, will open a new concept in the Fox Park neighborhood in spring 2022.

In the two years since he founded SmartEquity, Smart has closed more than $20 million in sales and increased revenues by 150%.

With the finanacing, the manufacturer said it will have the ability to boost production, expand its product roster and target geographic expansion.

Omeragic helped grow the firm's business with a Fortune 500 company significantly, growing from 2% of Fox's revenue in 2014 to accounting for 18.4% in 2019.

Moritz has helped the bank grow more than 23% since April 2020 — with the St. Louis office now overseeing more than $3.3 billion in client assets.

Colleen Mettler is the vice president of investor relations at Emerson where she manages communications with the company’s 17,200 shareholders.

The theater's new leader will replace Mark Bernstein, who is retiring after serving more than 34 years in the position.

CEO Niren Chaudhary remained mum on the company's IPO plans in visiting St. Louis to debut the new cafe, which he said will emphasize the national fast-casual chain’s origins as a bakery while adding double drive-thru lanes and technology that can greet customers by name. Here's a first look inside.

"Every whisky seems to have a story behind it," says David Shanks Sr., owner of a new whisky bar in downtown St. Louis. Here's how the entrepreneur meshes his interest in that business with his other role, as educator.

A project manager for one of the region's biggest construction firms, Lewis plays a key role in the $1.7 billion Next NGA West campus project.

James Lesch has been involved in the city’s LGBTQIA+ community for more than a decade, and under his leadership, Vivent’s largest fundraiser, Dining Out for Life, grew to raise $125,000 annually.

The U.S. Department of Defense recently promoted Jake Laktas to manage and deliver innovation efforts for the entire Midwest region, positioning St. Louis' startups, academics, and government organizations as the hub for DoD innovation work in the Midwest.

As business segment director for client growth and technology at Edward Jones, Ravi Kyasaram focuses on analyzing the position of the company relative to its competitors.

An Arkansas-based taco chain opened its first Missouri location this week. The restaurant, which took the place of a shuttered Steak 'n Shake location, offers tacos a la carte and salads, quesadillas, rice bowls and more.

Under Andrew Jorgensen's leadership, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has seen 6% growth in main stage audiences and 53% growth in donor households.

The deal brings together two companies that have developed technology designed to help health care providers improve patient care and lower costs.

Erin Jones’ team works to understand plant breeding innovations and to strengthen the environmental and societal impact of Bayer’s business in agriculture. The team helps facilitate public/private partnerships with local entities and manages a $2 million operating budget.

Bush demanded that Spire issue a public correction of an email it sent consumers that indicated they could lose service if the temporary operating certificate for the Spire STL pipeline isn’t extended.

A global merchandising and marketing business based in Chesterfield is being acquired by a Florida-based sales and marketing services company.