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Paul Allen, shown here giving his son a piggyback ride, built his new family office and venture platform on the belief that when people thrive, business does too. [Photo: Courtesy Ashla]
The Last Word: Embark Founder on Building Family Office and Venture Platform Ashla as a ‘Flywheel for Good’
by Quincy Preston | Dec 11, 2025
Paul Allen’s Ashla platform has already backed Dallas ventures including Mother, a modern plumbing company, and Stonethrow, a private family club founded by Nick Clark and Dawson Williams.
by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 10, 2025
Paul Allen—known for founding the Dallas-based financial consulting and advisory firm Embark on a "Happy Works" philosophy—is now extending that people-first principle to Ashla, a platform that builds and invests in companies designed to make work, community, and innovation "more human."
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 26, 2025
The veteran leader and former World Bank board member succeeds Clancy Fossum, who plans to exit the role at the end of the quarter. Embark has grown rapidly in recent years, the company said, scaling tenfold over the last four years alone.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 30, 2024
Embark said it would cap things off by staging a “funeral procession” through New York City, with a hearse adorned in ornate floral arrangements spelling ‘RIP Consulting.'”
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Barry Salzberg (left) and Zac Smith [Photos: LinkedIn]
Dallas-Based Biz Advisory Launches New York City Office, Names Former Deloitte CEO As Board Member
by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2024
Dallas-based consulting firm Embark has opened an office in New York City that will provide a physical presence for the firm’s rapidly growing roster of over 50 clients in The Big Apple.
The company said the move continues its expansion as Embark has opened 16 new offices over the last five years alone, including Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, and Raleigh in 2023....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
Barry Salzberg, the former global CEO of Deloitte, and Dan Bailey, managing director at CoVenture, have joined the board of Dallas-based business advisory firm Embark.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 10, 2023
Embark said its five new board appointments reinforce its commitment to deliver value and experience across the organization and will complement the existing executive team.
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by David Seeley |
May 9, 2023
"The companies here demonstrate that a great workplace is less about Friday beer blasts and more about whether employees are equipped to experience work and life more fully, given that the two are more blended than ever," Inc. writes about its 2023 Best Workplaces list. Meet the 16 North Texas companies that joined 575 others across the U.S. in making the cut.
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Meet the Nine Best Workplaces in North Texas, According to Inc.
by Kevin Cummings | May 10, 2022
Inc. Magazine has unveiled its annual list of America's Best Workplaces, and nine companies from the Dallas-Fort Worth area are on the list—ranging from early-stage companies to those with workforces in the hundreds.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 8, 2019
Dallas-headquartered JetSuite has teamed up with Embark to launch 'JetSuite Experiences,' a personalized service it's calling a "first in business aviation." From hotel stays to event access, the flyer gets to build their own one-of-a-kind experience, even after landing.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 26, 2017
Technology drives the truck on open highways, but a human driver takes over in city traffic.
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