Tagged: George Waldon

ABPG Wins 5 Awards for Excellence at AABP

ABPG Wins 5 Awards for Excellence at AABP

Arkansas Business, ArkansasBusiness.com and Greenhead magazine received five awards for editorial excellence in 2017 at the Alliance of Area Business Publishers conference held in Washington last week. read more >

The Telling Detail (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)

The Telling Detail (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)

OpinionEditor's Note

It’s one thing to know that Scott Reed hadn’t paid his big bills. One might even imagine that the big bills could get paid once tenant revenue starts flowing. It’s another thing entirely to understand that, even as summer turned to fall and winter and then spring, he couldn’t come up with a relatively small amount of money in order to turn on the lights — something that has to be done before any tenants can move in and start paying rent. read more >

George Gleason II: The Wizard of Ozark Bankshares

George Gleason II: The Wizard of Ozark Bankshares

Banking & FinanceLegal

When a restless George Gleason II turned his energies from securities law at the Rose Law Firm toward banking, he also met the familiar face of success. Working with business veteran Carl Holt and a young staff, he built the Bank of Ozark with 35 employees and total assets of $28 million into today’s Ozark Bankshares Inc., with more than 100 employees and assets totaling $150 million. read more >