Ray Hunt

Business Leader and ‘Modern Renaissance Man’ Jim Keyes Named Recipient of 2024 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award

by | Mar 29, 2024
From leading Fortune 500 companies to co-founding a space-themed startup and authoring a book on the power of education, Jim Keyes' extraordinary journey from humble beginnings to visionary leader embodies the "American Dream." The multifaceted philanthropist, artist, and pilot is set to receive the 2024 Folsom Award from the Methodist Health System Foundation for his significant contributions to business, education, and the community.
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New Spin: Concept Restaurant Crown Block Set for Spring Opening Atop Reunion Tower
by | Oct 22, 2022
The James Beard Award-nominated hospitality industry veterans behind the concept are aiming for a restaurant as iconic as The Ball itself. Crown Block will serve steak, seafood, and plant-based cuisine —along with spectacular Dallas skyline views and curated cocktails. Hunt Realty Investments says it fills the void left when celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck shuttered his Five Sixty restaurant in the pandemic.

Unlike its predecessors, the 18th-floor restaurant won't spin. That makes the 17th-floor private event space even more special—party planners can request rotation when booking.
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SMU Lands One of its Largest Gifts Ever to Fund Entrepreneurship
by | Apr 28, 2022
William Spears, founder and CEO of Dallas-based sustainability solutions firm Cenergistic, has given SMU the largest donation from a non-alum in its more than century-long history.

The gift will be used to set up the William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership within the Cox School of Business, as well as the Spears Accelerator, to help get student- and faculty-formed businesses off the ground, and other entrepreneur-supporting efforts.
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North Texas’ Hunt Perovskite Technologies Merges With 1366 Technologies to Form CubicPV
by | Jun 29, 2021
The newly combined company received $25 million in funding from Hunt Energy Enterprises (HEE), First Solar, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and others. Hunt Perovskite Technologies was created and incubated within HEE.
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