Tag: Peter Mallouk

Entrepreneur of the Year honorees stepped through a wormhole of fate: Here’s what they found in KC

By Tommy Felts / December 5, 2025

The ultra successful all share one common influence, said Peter Mallouk: luck. And for the president and CEO of Creative Planning, good fortune has revolved around Kansas City. It all started when his parents left Egypt and ended up in Brookside, he told a crowd Wednesday evening during the 39th University of Missouri-Kansas City Entrepreneur…

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Five high-profile KC startup, business leaders slated for Junior Achievement hall of fame

By Tommy Felts / April 23, 2020

A program that connects Kansas City business leaders with classrooms is giving high honors to a handful of startup veterans whose efforts to build global companies has already impacted a new generation of entrepreneurs. Bruce Ianni and Davyeon Ross, co-founders of ShotTracker; Christine Kemper, founding chair of Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy, and Sandy Kemper,…

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