D CEO October 2023 Issue

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From her home base in DFW, Solis markets the world’s richest sports league, reaching more than 400 million global fans. 

The CEO leads Carrollton-based Illes Foods, which produces custom food and beverage sauces, flavors, syrups, and more for many of the nation’s largest grocers and restaurants.

His private equity group, which invests in founder-led and family-run companies, came to market with the largest inaugural growth equity raise in Texas history.

For a new generation of DFW philanthropists and investors, social impact is as important as financial returns. Leaders like Jeremy Smith, Lindsay Billingsley, and Mallory Muse, are paving the way.

He was Ross Perot Sr.’s legal fixer for 50 years. Now, the longtime Dallas attorney and civic leader is working to ensure a better future for Texas. 

The 29 North Texas honorees in D CEO’s 2023 Corporate Counsel Awards help keep their enterprises out of trouble while clearing pathways to innovation and growth.

Some of the region’s most prominent executives and companies are dishing out NIL deals. But one former Nike leader believes things are trending toward an entire shift of precedent.

Scott Harper of Dialexa, Nadine Lee of DART, and Chakri Gottemukkala of o9 Solutions talk about trust, empowerment, and

The Dallas-based interior designer says her style is “feminine and colorful, but always elevated and tailored.”

Area executives share the one podcast they think everyone should listen to—and why.

There’s a reason so many Dallasites, including tech entrepreneur Toni Portmann, flock to this charming mountainside village.

The founder and CEO of The Present House Hospitality Group, which is on pace for $15 million in sales in 2023, opens up about his childhood.

The father of the casual dining was also an Olympic equestrian and had a hand in founding the Race for the Cure.

These women leaders in commercial real estate are respected trailblazers, trusted counsel, and experts in their fields. They are surpassing goals and breaking records every day as Dallas—and the businesses who call it home—continue to grow. They have shaped North Texas commercial real estate and remain at the forefront of what’s new and next in the industry throughout the region.