Share The Star Tribunes Dick Youngblood has an article on Wayzata Alumni Andrew Ferenci and Ben Glaze, who have found success selling hats online. Here is an excerpt from the article, as well as a link: There’s nothing like a couple of entrepreneurial striplings to make a geezer feel like a hapless failure. Young whippersnappers [...]
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Former Mayor Andrew Humphrey Becomes Chair of Faegre & Benson Management Committee
Share Former City of Wayzata Mayor Andrew Humphrey became chair of the Faegre & Benson nine-member management committee on March 1. First elected to the committee in 2005, Humphrey succeeds Thomas G. Morgan (partner, Minneapolis), who has served as chair since March 2004. Humphrey has more than 20 years experience as a corporate lawyer, and [...]
Cargill heirs top Minnesota Billionaire list by Forbes – Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
Share Cargill MacMillions Jr. of Wayzata tops the list of Minnesota Billionairs recently released by Forbes magazine. The Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal has an article on the list of Minnesotans: The 2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires once again includes a handful of Minnesotans. Topping the list of Minnesotans this year were [...]
Wayzata group plans to move ahead with $430 million Minnesota racing complex – Finance and Commerce
Share Finance and Commerce is reporting that Wayzata based International Motorsports Entertainment and Development Corp. is planning to build a NASCAR ready oval track and 60,000 seat complex. Here is an excerpt from an article by Brian Johnson: Envision Target Field, with fast cars instead of fastballs. Wayzata-based International Motorsports Entertainment and Development Corp. (IMEDC) [...]
Wayzata based Bacchus Wine Group to hold wine auction | StarTribune.com
Share The Star Tribune has a piece on Micheal Wigley and Brian Jackson who own and operate the Bacchus Wine Group. The pair has a storage space in Wayzata that holds millions of dollars worth of wine, a good portion of which will be auctioned this weekend. Here is an excerpt from the article, as [...]
The Wayzata Bay Center’s Indoor Farmer’s Market Is Back
Share Over the Holiday season, the Bay Center introduced indoor farmer’s markets to the Wayzata community and due to the great success of those markets the Wayzata Bay Center merchants are bringing back the farmer’s market on February 27th from 9AM – 3PM. The Indoor Farmer’s Market will sell a wide range of locally made [...]
Michael Fitzgibbons faces tax charges | StarTribune.com
Share The Strib has an article on Michael Fitzgibbons who has been charged with tax evasion. Here is an excerpt from the story, as well as a link to the full article: A Wayzata man with income in six and seven figures has been charged with failing to file state tax returns and trying to [...]
Wayzata Capital preparing Polish IPO | Warsaw Business Journal
Share Wayzata Capital is preparing to enter the asset management market in Poland and to this end it might designate as much as $100 million for acquisitions. “We shall soon establish a joint venture in Russia. For a few months we have been preparing to open an office in Poland in order to offer asset [...]
Wayzata resident Irwin Jacobs reaches deal to buy back 3 boat brands, Little Falls plant | StarTribune.com
Share Wayzata resident Irwin Jacobs has re-acquired three boat brands after his Genmar Holdings filed for bankruptcy. Here is an excerpt from the Strib, as well as a link to the full story: Minneapolis businessman Irwin Jacobs said Thursday that he’s reached a deal with a private equity firm to buy back three boat brands [...]
