Financial services firms spend considerable time lamenting talent gaps, yet one promising candidate pool goes largely untapped. Justin Nelson, Managing Director and Head of the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, has spent years thinking carefully about why that is and what […]
Month: April 2026
Why Greg Soros Believes Empathy Starts With the Right Book
Children’s author Greg Soros has devoted more than 16 years to a question that sits at the center of early education: what should a child’s book actually do? His answer has remained consistent throughout his career. A well-crafted children’s book should accomplish two things it should reflect the child reading […]
Colcom Foundation’s Vision Population Stabilization as an Environmental Imperative
Colcom Foundation’s philanthropic identity is rooted in a conviction that environmental sustainability and population stabilization are inseparable. The foundation traces this belief back to the first Earth Day in 1970, when addressing both per capita consumption and total population size were understood as twin imperatives for a livable planet. Fifty […]
Justin Nelson on Why JP Morgan Relationships Outlast Market Cycles
Justin Nelson has spent nearly three decades at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, and the milestones that stand out to him have nothing to do with portfolio returns. As Managing Director and Head of the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team in Connecticut, he oversees more than $15 billion in […]
Michael Gold Westport: Coordination Over Credentials in Wealth Planning
Wealthy families often make the mistake of evaluating financial advisors the same way they evaluate a portfolio: by past performance metrics and credential lists. Michael Gold, founder of Gold Family Wealth and a well-regarded wealth advisor based in Westport, Connecticut, argues that this approach leaves out the factor that matters […]
How Kelcy Warren Turned a Gas Bust Into an Energy Empire
When natural gas prices collapsed after the 2008-09 financial crisis, Kelcy Warren faced an existential threat to his company. Energy Transfer was, by his own account, “99.9 percent natural gas-driven” a dangerous position as prices fell from $8 to $2 per million cubic feet. His response would eventually define the […]