2012 Forty Under 40: Scott A. Brenton
When Scott Brenton, 39, became chief operating officer of Angie’s List 12 years ago, he was a sort of jack-of-all trades.
When Scott Brenton, 39, became chief operating officer of Angie’s List 12 years ago, he was a sort of jack-of-all trades.
Some people build a business from the ground up. In 2002, Michele Meyer, 38, started her information technology company, CSCI Consulting, in the basement of her Fishers home.
Michael Kaufmann, 36, thrives on collaboration. His involvement in several key art and civic organizations made him a natural choice for his work as director of special projects and civic investment for the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County.
When someone asks what you can do with a liberal arts degree, point them to Nick Weber, 37.
As executive director of the Alliance for Health Promotion, Kim Irwin, 38, is a master of bringing organizations together for the common good.
When Bryan Brenner, 38, started FirstPerson Benefit Advisors 14 years ago, it was just he and a part-time assistant. Today, he has 40 employees, annual revenue exceeding $6 million and a Keystone at the Crossing address.
Living and working in Japan for seven years opened the eyes of Jenny Massey, 38, to the possibilities of cross-cultural business relationships.
As an assurance partner at Ernst & Young LLP, Robyn Werner, 39, leads a team of 50 professionals to serve the auditing and accounting needs of clients including Simon Property Group, Kite Realty Group and St. Vincent Health.
Decades before he founded Verge, a network of 1,300 entrepreneurs, software developers and business investors in the Indianapolis area, Matthew Hunckler, 25, showed his entrepreneurial spirit.
Joshua Hollingsworth, 36, jumped on the Super Bowl XLVI band wagon early.
Mark Wise, 35, deals with extremes. As owner of Wise Financial, part of Northwestern Mutual, he provides financial services for people who are wealthy and trying to become wealthier.
Libby Manship, 34, has transformed Indiana University Health’s website into a user-friendly tool for patients, their families and medical professionals.
Charlie Miramonti, 36, used to be “the long-haired hippie kid who didn’t care about anything.” Then he found something that moved him, someplace he could make a difference: emergency medical services.
Sarah Hempstead, 38, has been a principal architect in many projects on Indiana campuses. However, none of those required trekking through an African rain forest and figuring out how to build a totally sustainable university with materials on hand.
Wade Achenbach,35, revealed his interest in business early in life: He sold bubblegum to his grade-school friends.
Welcome to the 19th annual Forty Under 40, one of Indianapolis Business Journal's most popular and talked-about features.
In his 12-plus years at Summit Realty, Brian Zurawski has moved up to partner and chief operating officer, and in the past five years the 39-year-old has been involved in nearly 200 transactions involving 23 million square feet of industrial and office space.
Trevor Yager started TrendyMinds as a senior at Anderson University. Now 36, he has been growing it into a full-scale marketing services business ever since.
You won’t find Nichole Wilson in her office near Community Hospital North—the 33-year-old is rarely there.
Jenny Vance started LeadJen in 2004 to provide sales leads and prospecting support to business-to-business sales and marketing executives. Now the 32-year-old is at the helm of what has become a multimillion-dollar lead-generation services company.