Witt Stephens
Katrinka Shields Joins The Stephens Group in Talent Development Role
Shields comes to The Stephens Group from education technology firm Apptegy Inc. of Little Rock read more >
The Stephens Group Promotes Allie Laborde, Ryan Morrow
She leads business development at the firm. His work focuses on technology investing. read more >
Stephens Group Sells Summit Construction to Comfort Systems USA
The Witt Stephens-led private equity firm purchased a controlling interest in Summit in 2011. read more >
Ross Whipple’s Big Lake Remains Elite Getaway
More than 135 years ago, a group of Little Rock businessmen banded together to form a hunting club on about 2,000 acres of bottomland woods in south Pulaski County. read more >
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Summit to Acquire CenterPoint’s Arkansas, Oklahoma Assets in $2B Deal
Summit Utilities Inc. of Centennial, Colorado, says it will buy CenterPoint Energy's Arkansas and Oklahoma natural gas distribution assets in a $2.15 billion cash deal. read more >
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Stephens Inc. Launches Film Series On Heroes of Capitalism
Stephens Inc. announced Monday that it has launched a multimedia series called “This Is Capitalism,” featuring short films on some of the heroes of capitalism in the United States, including Warren Stephens’ father, Jackson T. Stephens. read more >
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Warren Stephens on His Uncle Witt, ‘A Great Salesman’
Warren Stephens of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock talks to the Wall Street Journal about his uncle Witt, who started the legendary Arkansas investment firm. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Wal-Mart Big for Stephens, Bigger for Arkansas
Wal-Mart long ago outgrew any need for the Little Rock investment bank that took it public in 1970, and that initial offering was so small as to be unthinkable today. But Wal-Mart boosted Stephens Inc.’s cachet considerably, and its importance to the state of Arkansas has been immeasurable, according to Stephens CEO Warren Stephens. read more >
Witt & Jack Stephens: Rural Charm and Urban Money
The family-owned merchant banking firm of Stephens Inc. has become synonymous with wealth, success, power and philanthropy in Arkansas. (Part of Arkansas Business' 20th anniversary issue.) read more >
by George Waldon -