Punit Kulkarni, vice president and global private equity leader at Persistent Systems, speaks at the opening of the company's global PE Value Creation Hub in Plano. [Photo: Persistent]
With 22,750 employees in 21 countries and $1 billion in annual revenue, Persistent cited Dallas-Fort Worth's prominence as the third-largest U.S. market for private equity firms after New York and Chicago as it opened its new Plano global PE hub.
A new $200,000 grant from the Hill Prizes will back AI-related research by an ocular cancer specialist at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center. Altogether, Lyda Hill Philanthropies and the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology recently awarded $1 million in research grants....
Taiwanese officials return to Dallas next month for the Taiwan Expo USA, riding a wave of North Texas deals in recent months and the U.S.-Taiwan trade deal signed earlier this year....
In memory of her brother, Elizabeth Carlock Phillips of Dallas passionately advocated for passage of Trey’s Law, which took effect in 2025. Now the Dallas nonprofit New Friends New Life will honor that work with one of its 2026 ProtectHER awards....
A new $200,000 grant from the Hill Prizes will back AI-related research by an ocular cancer specialist at Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center. Altogether, Lyda Hill Philanthropies and the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology recently awarded $1 million in research grants....
Taiwanese officials return to Dallas next month for the Taiwan Expo USA, riding a wave of North Texas deals in recent months and the U.S.-Taiwan trade deal signed earlier this year....
In memory of her brother, Elizabeth Carlock Phillips of Dallas passionately advocated for passage of Trey’s Law, which took effect in 2025. Now the Dallas nonprofit New Friends New Life will honor that work with one of its 2026 ProtectHER awards....