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Robert I. Horne, owner of Horne's Restaurants and Horne's Motor Inns, heads Horne Developers, Inc. His current project is developing mountain land in western North Carolina, making second homes available to average people without destroying the natural beauty of the land. Horne is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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Thomas H. Wright, Jr. is president and chairman of the board of Wright Chemical Company located in Wilmington. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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Petro Kulynych is the senior member of the five-man team that functions in Lowe's Companies' Office of the president. He joined Lowe's in 1946 and is the only living member of the original Lowe's team of employees. His direct responsibilities are purchasing and expansion, and his title is executive vice-president. Kulynych is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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The current chairman of the board for the most lucrative firm between Washington and Miami, Rush S. Dickson of the R.S. Dickson & Company, has distributed nearly $2 billion dollars worth of securities throughout North Carolina since 1919. By providing capital to deserving companies directly or through syndicate form, Rush Dickson has played a major role in the success of Duke Power Company, Champion Paper and Fibre Company, Carolina Power and Light, Textiles-Inc., Drexel Furniture Company, Piedmont Natural Gas, J.B. Ivey & Company, Rose's Five and Ten Cent Stores, as well as many other firms throughout the state.
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This article presents a brief sketch of the state's top business leaders who were chosen for their skills and perseverance in building successful companies in the fields of technology, manufacturing, service, and retail.
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6.The Right Stuff by Nelson, Luann; Eldridge, Lisa Business North Carolina Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990
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13632
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The authors identify ten North Carolinians who have what it takes to be the movers and shakers of the 1990s.
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13693
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Business executives of nine companies in the state have been selected as North Carolina Entrepreneurs of the Year and will be inducted as members of the American Institute of Entrepreneurs' hall of fame.
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W.L. Johnson quit school while he was in the seventh grade. Today he is a successful businessman but also finds time to give attention to many other projects besides his business affairs.
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The Taylor brothers from Sea Level started out peddling fish. Now they own steamships, a huge hotel (The Palm Beach Biltmore) and are interested in many other business enterprises as well.
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Andrew Muxen waited until after he was eighty years old to start a new business. Now, at 89, he has made a success managing the Spruce Pine Mica Company and enjoys the work thoroughly.
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17588
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Goerch details a car trip along the new Skyline Drive from Low Gap to Deep Gap, starting in Mount Airy. Along the way he takes in the sights and meets two men--T. N. Woodruff and T. O. Minton--who started with nothing and built up separate business enterprises of large proportions.
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Erskine Bowles is the Clinton administration's chief operating officer. This article discusses the impacts Bowles had in the office and throughout Clinton's term, touching on Bowles' background in business and finance.
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24308
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Jim Goodnight is touted as the richest man in North Carolina. This article examines his background and what helped him become a successful businessman.
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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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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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