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Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2025
The Sam M. Walton College of Business and a selection board have selected four business leaders for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame class of 2025. The inductees are: Sam […] read more >
Through The Years: The 2020s (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
See highlights from Arkansas Business from 2020 until now. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Names 2024 Inductees
The honorees will be recognized for their contributions to the agriculture, poultry, sustainability and entertainment industries in Arkansas and the region in an induction ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock on Feb. 16, 2024. read more >
John Ed Anthony Receives AMFA Foundation’s Winthrop Rockefeller Award
He is the 47th recipient of the award, given to those who support the arts and the museum. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame To Induct 4
The four will be recognized on Feb. 11 at an induction ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
Business Hall of Fame Won’t Add New Class in 2021
Citing "continuing uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic," the board that oversees the University of Arkansas' Arkansas Business Hall of Fame says it won't induct a new class of honorees in 2021. read more >
Four to Join Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
Four business leaders who have made contributions to the banking, construction, publishing and real estate industries will be inducted tonight into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2020: Olivia Farrell
To create a successful business, Olivia Farrell served the readers, advertisers, employees, vendors, investors and the community. One could not exist without the other. read more >
UA Business Hall of Fame 2019: John W. Tyson
With a battered truck, half a load of hay and only a nickel in his pocket, John W. Tyson needed to hustle. read more >
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Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2019: Claiborne P. Deming
Claiborne Deming is an educated man. But his legacy won’t be his own academic pursuits. It will be those of students in the town of El Dorado, Arkansas, – home to Murphy Oil Corporation – through a program Claiborne dreamed up and named The El Dorado Promise. read more >
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Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2019: Joseph M. Steele
In the 1950s, several business leaders saw the need for a reliable source of water for Northwest Arkansas. One innovative trailblazer – Joseph Marion Steele – led the charge to secure a large water source for the residents and industry in Benton and Washington counties. read more >
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UA Business Hall of Fame 2019: Warren Stephens
Warren Stephens grew up watching father, Jack, and his Uncle Witt expand Stephens Inc.’s influence and holdings, and was proud of the impact the business was having, especially in their home state of Arkansas. read more >
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Tyson Founder, Warren Stephens to Join Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
The late founder of Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and the CEO of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock are among the latest inductees to the University of Arkansas' Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2018: Herbert McAdams
Herbert McAdams’ business acumen extended to several corporate, educational and nonprofit boards, and he also supported several charities. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2018: Jim Bottin
For some, a business plan to turn a loan of $1,200 into a multi-million dollar company is as basic as ABC. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2018: Kirk Thompson
At just 26 years old, Kirk Thompson found himself working as the chief financial officer for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, which was experiencing explosive growth with $20 million in revenue. read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame 2018: John Correnti
John Correnti was a people person, a positive thinker and loved "pushing production." read more >
Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Four leaders who have made contributions to the finance and banking, fitness, transportation and steel industries make up the 2018 class of inductees for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. read more >
Walton College to Induct 4 into Business Hall of Fame
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will honor four new inductees to its Arkansas Business Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony Friday evening in Little Rock. read more >
UA Business Hall of Fame 2017: Sherman E. Tate
Sherman Tate has stacked up a pretty good record of being “the first” at a number of things in his long career in business and government in Arkansas. But while breaking barriers was never something Tate shied away from, it wasn’t really his goal, either. read more >
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