E. Ritter & Co.
Grain Management Completes Deal for Stake in Ritter
Grain Management of Washington, together with E. Ritter and Co., announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Ritter Communications. read more >
Grain Management to Acquire Majority Stake in Ritter Communications
Ritter Communications of Jonesboro says that Grain Management, a private equity company, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the business as Ritter looks to expand. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Ritter Communications Seeks Partner in Continued Growth Push
Ritter Communications of Jonesboro is looking for a partner, not a buyer. Responding to a Wall Street Journal article, officials of the family-owned, regional broadband provider said that at this time the company is seeking investment partners only. read more >
by Todd Traub -
Ritter Grain Operations in Marked Tree Sold to Poinsett Rice & Grain
Ritter Agribusiness of Marked Tree is exiting the grain services business, having sold its grain operations in Marked Tree and with plans to shut down a small operation in Craighead County at the end of the month. read more >
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Bill Harrison, E. Ritter & Co (Large Private Company CFO of the Year Finalist)
Bill Harrison is the CFO of E. Ritter & Co. in Jonesboro, the parent company of Ritter Agribusiness and Ritter Communications. The two companies together employ 326, and working with “people who are always trying to learn and to be better” is fun, Harrison said. read more >
Ritter Communications Invests in Onboard Training
Helping new employees fit in is considered the starting point of training, according to Leha Pemberton, director of training and development at Ritter Communications in Jonesboro. read more >
by George Waldon -
ASU Receives $30K for Media Production Unit
A $30,000 gift from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment and E. Ritter & Company is supporting the creation of a mobile media production unit for Arkansas State University’s media and communication students. read more >
Simmons Bank to Lead Conference on Declining Delta Population
Simmons Bank will sponsor "The Arkansas Delta: Why It Still Matters," a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta region. read more >
Bill Harrison, E. Ritter & Co. (Large Private Company CFO Finalist)
Numbers come easily for Bill Harrison, who grew up in a family of accountants. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Harrison has presided over finances as CFO at Jonesboro’s E. Ritter & Co. since 2009. read more >
From Timber to Technology, Ritter’s Founder Cleared Path to Entrepreneurship
From a 19th-century country mercantile store to its internet business today, the company Ernest Ritter founded has survived for more than 100 years, thanks to his entrepreneurship. read more >
by Luke Jones -
E. Ritter of Marked Tree Evolves Through 5 Generations of Agriculture, Communications
E. Ritter & Co., a family-owned business in Poinsett County in its fifth generation, has shifted through decades of changing business trends and is now training its first CEO who’s not part of the Ritter family, Chip Dickinson. read more >
by Luke Jones -