The finance industry has long operated on assumptions about who belongs in its ranks, typically favoring graduates of economics or business programs at brand-name universities. Justin Nelson, who leads the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at JP Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, has spent decades testing those assumptions and finding them wanting. Nelson […]
Day: July 7, 2026
How Michael Polk Grew Newell Rubbermaid into a Consumer Goods Powerhouse
When Michael Polk became CEO of Newell Rubbermaid in 2011, the company was structured more like a holding company than a cohesive global enterprise. Polk changed that. Over eight years, he guided a transformation that reshaped the portfolio, expanded margins, embraced digital commerce, and grew annual net sales from $5.4 billion to $9.4 billion. The […]