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29705
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Andrey Medvedev owns the new Russian Chapel Hills Winery in Polk County, North Carolina. From 2009 to 2013, Medvedev planted seventeen acres of grapes and blended his first wines. Medvedev was also a soldier who served in Afghanistan, and to honor his comrades, he built St. Anna’s Chapel on the property.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 12, December 2016,
p74-75, por
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30190
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Steve DeCarlo turned Cooney Rikard & Curtin Inc., a sputtering insurance brokerage, into a market leader valued at more than two-billion dollars. The company takes a middleman role between property-casualty agents, who work directly with local businesses, and insurance companies that provide risk coverage. This article explains how DeCarlo and the company gained their success.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 5, May 2016,
p50-55, il, por
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36578
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In a mass produced world, handmade products alone may be a rare sight to behold, but Tunc Togar takes a fulfilling customer experience a step further. In addition to homemade rugs, customers can make a tangible connection to his native country’s culture through the taste of Turkish coffee and the sight of a loom found in a Turkish village.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 10, October 2015,
p16
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25468
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Sam Wornom, ECU class of 1965, co-founded a chain of convenience stores, The Pantry with the business know-how he gained at East Carolina. After the success of The Pantry chain, Wornom successfully branched out into other businesses such as warehousing, manufacturing, and investments.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2011,
p28-31
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10563
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2008. They are John Crosland, Jr. (Crosland); Robert Ingram (Glaxo-SmithKline); Jerry Richardson (Carolina Panthers NFL Football Team); and Edward Smith Jr. (Grady-White Boats).
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct three outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2007. They are Ed and Charles Shelton and James B. Hunt, Jr. The Sheltons, after successful business careers, opened Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, which is the largest family-owned estate winery in the state. Hunt, the state's only four-term governor, chairs institutes he founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at North Carolina State University.
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In August 2006, Lew Ebert became the sixth president and CEO of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry (NCCBI). A graduate of Millersville University, Ebert worked over twenty years for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry in positions that included vice president of marketing. Before coming to North Carolina, he led the Kansas Chamber for three-and-one half years, significantly building up the organization's membership, doubling its yearly revenue, and tripling its reserves. He is best known for crafting tightly-focused legislative agendas based on the needs of members and empirical data.
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Seeking an education, Nido Qubein emigrated to North Carolina from Jordan in 1966. He graduated from High Point University and received a master's degree in business from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1973, he started his first business: writing and publishing leadership materials for schools and camps in thirty countries. By 1977, he was giving 200 motivational talks a year. This grew into Creative Services, the international consulting firm he owns today. He is chairman of Business Life in Greensboro; Great Harvest Bread Co., a 218-store national chain; McNeill Lehman, a public relations firm; and Southern National Bank Corp. In 2004, he was named president of High Point University. Since then he has raised almost $70 million for the private university and changed the school's culture with unorthodox methods, such as hiring a “Director of WOW†and arranging valet service for students.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, established in 1988, recognizes business leaders who made significant contributions to building the state's economy and who provided outstanding community and statewide service. Inductees must be retired from day-to-day operation of their organization or be at least seventy years of age. The 2005 honorees are William A. V. Cecil, owner, Biltmore Estate, Asheville; Hugh L. McColl, Jr., former CEO Bank of America, Charlotte; W. David Stedman, former textile executive, entrepreneur, and former NCCBI chair; and Joan Zimmerman, CEO Southern Shows and NCCBI Board member, Charlotte.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2004. They are Paul Broyhill, former chairman and chief executive of Broyhill Furniture Industries; Wayland H. Cato, Jr., former president and chief executive of The Cato Corp.; Ron Doggett, former chairman and chief executive of GoodMark Foods, Inc.; and A.F. Sloan, retired chairman and president of snack food maker Lance, Inc. The Hall of Fame was established in 1988 to recognize business leaders who made significant contributions to building the state's economy and who provided outstanding community and statewide service.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2001. They are: Edward E. Crutchfield (Charlotte), former chairman of First Union Corp; C. Felix Harvey (Kinston), chairman of Harvey Enterprises and Affiliates; W. Duke Kimbrell (Gastonia), chairman and CEO of Parkdale Mills; and Dalton L. McMichael (Madison), former chairman of Mayo Yarns.
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Brothers are sometimes confidants; sometimes colleagues; sometimes competitors; and sometimes they are all three. While women tend to put relationships first, men see their identify in what they do. Davis looks at the relationship of seven sets of brothers, including Joe and Jim Martin; McKay, Johnny, and Tim Belk; and Aaron, Kenneth, and Asa Spaulding.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 6, June 2000,
p42-46, 49, por
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4734
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business and government leaders in the fall of 2000. They are James H. Millis, Sr., chairman of the Millis Foundation, High Point; R. Stuart Dickson, chairman of the executive committee of Ruddick Corp., Charlotte; John M. Belk, chairman of the board and CEO of Belk Inc., Charlotte; and Harlan E. Boyles, retiring Treasurer of North Carolina.
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14.Business Hall of Fame Dinner on Nov. 14 by Sharpe, Bill North Carolina Vol. 58 Issue 10, Oct 2000
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On November 14, 2000, the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business and government leaders. They are James H. Millis, Sr., chairman of the Millis Foundation; Harlan E. Boyles, retiring Treasurer of North Carolina; John M. Belk, chairman and CEO of Belk, Inc.; and R. Stuart Dickson, chairman of the executive committee of Ruddick Corp.
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4059
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In the 20th-century, 20 individuals made their marks in a number of businesses and in so doing changed the direction of business in the state. They include J. Spencer Love (textiles), William H. Belk (retail), Jonathan W. Daniels (publishing), and A.J. Fletcher (broadcasting).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 3, Mar 1999,
p28-31,33,34,37-39, por
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