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PRO-CHICAGO STORIES: SECOND TO NONE
Pro-Chicago Stories
At World Business Chicago, we do a lot to amplify the great work happening across the City and region – but we still believe that the best stories come from the source.
In this video series, Pro-Chicago Stories, we let the founders, operators, and managers that power our city speak for themselves. Explore the firsthand stories and discover what makes Chicago second to none for living and doing business.
Joe Mansueto
Joe Mansueto, Executive Chairman of Morningstar and owner of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, explains why he invested in Chicago soccer and how it ties into the city's identity as a place to live, work, and do business.
Desiree Rogers
Desiree Rogers, owner of Black Opal Beauty, explains why she chose Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood as home base for her legacy beauty brands, which together span over 80 years of history.
Martin Cabrera
Martin Cabrera, founder of Cabrera Capital – an investment bank, institutional brokerage, and real estate development firm – explains why he headquartered his business in Chicago, citing the city's dense concentration of Fortune 1000 companies, pension funds, and nearly $900 billion in annual transactions as a natural client base.
Nick Farina
EeroQ CEO Nick Farina explains why the quantum computing startup — the only company building electron-on-helium quantum chips — chose Chicago as its home base after a nationwide search.
Robert & Sonat Birnecker
Koval's founding couple Robert and Sonat Birnecker describe launching Chicago's first distillery since the mid-1800s, built around sustainable, regeneratively-farmed spirits they see as distinctly their own.
PVS Chemicals
Sean Dunkle, Plant Manager at PVS Chemicals describes how the company's Chicago plant — a sulfuric acid facility operating since 1981 — reflects the city's economic diversity, with no single customer making up more than 5% of revenue.
