Welcome to the third edition of the Florida 500, a special section that highlights the 500 most influential executives in different economic sectors throughout the state. 

Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of Sept. 21, 2020.

Sea salads, eye-balling big data, farmer bot, nuclear reactions and stars and so much more are featured in September's Research Florida section. 

UM professor Henrik Cronqvist and two colleagues found that conditions for workers improved when a CEO from the working class was replaced by one from a white-collar background.

Our September cover story explores ways the coronavirus has impacted Florida's long-term care facilities.

Music director and radio host David Luckin of public radio station WJCT 89.9 FM has launched a 24-hour music program called Jacksonville Music Experience (JME).

Pat Anderson founded VerdeGo Aero in 2017 as a maker of electric-powered air taxis capable of taking off and landing vertically. VerdeGo switched gears and now makes electric and hybrid powertrains for other electric-plane makers.

“The most important thread in the fabric of a community, a village, a small city, to me is the small business district," says restaurateur and entrepreneur Chiles.

InfraSite Solutions builts retractable underground storage units for 5G equipment.

The Chinese love shark fin soup - will they eat less if they know it's full of mercury?

OceanBased Perpetual Energy has used 3 types of submerged turbines to generate power.

While eating lunch outside during the summer of 2008, Green had an “aha” moment as he wondered whether rain would spoil his outdoor meal: “It dawned on me, we already had this app. The flight tracker app already had animated the radar in my location,” he recalls.

New science helps restore a vital part of ocean infrastructure.

The University of Florida placed first among large universities in efficiency at turning research into economic activity.