The Book 2026 – Printed Version
The Book is an annual compilation of the weekly Top 25 Lists from 2025 featured in IBJ. It contains 72 lists. The Book is the single most comprehensive resource publication on Indiana businesses.
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The Book is an annual compilation of the weekly Top 25 Lists from 2025 featured in IBJ. It contains 72 lists. The Book is the single most comprehensive resource publication on Indiana businesses.
Gov. Mike Braun became Indiana’s fourth consecutive Republican governor when he was sworn in on Jan. 13, following GOP Govs. Eric Holcomb, Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels. But Braun’s administration has had no interest in carrying the torch of his predecessors.
Jeff Simmons has been CEO of Elanco since its spinoff from Eli Lilly and Co. in 2018, guided the company’s 2020 acquisition of Bayer Animal Health and has overseen the development of drugs that are starting to pay off in profits and investor confidence.
Ozdemir said the building at 120 Monument Circle is “a centerpiece location in the beating heart of our city.”
Five Indianapolis City-County Council members, including three from the mayor’s own party, called on Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett to resign following an investigation into how his administration handled allegations of sexual harassment by the mayor’s former chief of staff.
Boxcar Development LLC, a holding company for a group of investors led by the Simon family, plans to officially break ground on the $320 million hotel complex at Georgia and Pennsylvania streets next spring, but work to clear the former CSX building from the site and prep it for construction is well underway.
As of Nov. 13, Eli Lilly and Co.’s market capitalization was $967 billion and flirting with a rare $1 trillion. Its stock price in November surpassed $1,000 per share, up more than 25% for the year.
Indianapolis Colts owner, philanthropist and music lover Jim Irsay died on May 21 at 65 years old, leaving full ownership of the NFL franchise to his daughters, who had all been active in the organization for years.
The investigation, which Braun labeled a “forensic audit,” launched in May and continued through the summer, leaving work by Elevate and other organizations in limbo and raising questions about whether the state would continue to invest in fledgling companies
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration offered a lifeline in September to Indianapolis-based developers Gershman Partners and Citimark in their efforts to redevelop the Gold Building downtown, a project that has been hampered by financial challenges that nearly derailed it.
The final budget boosted the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack, with similar hikes on other forms of tobacco. Those tax increases were expected to generate $850 million over the two-year budget cycle.
More than 18 months after accusations surfaced in the media that Joe Hogsett’s former chief of staff and campaign manager had sexually harassed three women, the fallout continues for the Indianapolis Democratic mayor and his administration.
Finkam appointed new members to the board, which approved a revised operating agreement between the nonprofit and the city. But the controversies continued.
First American Nuclear, a startup developing a fast-spectrum small modular reactor for nuclear energy, announced on Nov. 4 it is planning to invest more than
$4 billion to move its headquarters to Indiana and develop a nuclear plant and “energy park” in the state.
Three stories about properties owned by the late Jim Irsay, who owned the Indianapolis Colts, are among the 10 most-read stories this year.
2025NEWSMAKERS OF THE YEAR New governor takes aim at property taxes, utility rates and health care costs Gov. Mike Braun became Indiana’s fourth consecutive Republican governor when he was sworn in on Jan. 13, following GOP Govs. Eric Holcomb, Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels. But Braun’s administration has had no interest in carrying the torch […]
A Jeffersonville native, Nunn built a personal injury firm based in Bloomington that has roughly 90 employees after a tough start in life that included briefly dropping out of high school and spending time in jail for theft.
Sen. Cyndi Carrasco, an Indianapolis Republican and general counsel for the University of Indianapolis, was appointed as the new chair.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, rose this week.