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Hillwood's Darcy Anderson (at right) with DRC President & CEO Brad Cheves [Photo: DRC]
Dallas Regional Chamber Names Hillwood’s Vice Chairman as Its 2026 Board Chair
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 29, 2026
Darcy Anderson will work closely with Brad Cheves, who began his tenure as the DRC’s President & CEO on January 5, and will take a significant role in developing the organization's 2027-29 Strategic Plan.
by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 5, 2025
From North Texas founders including John Carmack and Ben Lamm to investors like John Redgrave of DTX Ventures and Draper’s Andy Tang, the summit's speakers tackled hot topics from humanoid robots and tech transfer to AI, VC trends and Y’all Street. A call was also heard for more risk-taking by DFW’s innovation ecosystem: ‘We’ve got to be bravery hunters.’
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 23, 2025
Now in its seventh year, the annual D CEO and Dallas Innovates awards honor innovators shaping the future of North Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 21, 2025
The facilities—Wistron's first in the U.S.—will create more than 800 full-time jobs, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership said, firmly positioning Fort Worth "as a key player in the future of advanced technology manufacturing and the broader reshoring movement, bringing critical manufacturing, logistics and innovation back to the U.S."
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Ross Perot Jr. has been named the new board chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [Photo: U.S. Chamber of Commerce]
Hillwood Chairman Ross Perot Jr. Named New Board Chair of U.S. Chamber of Commerce
by David Seeley | Jun 12, 2025
As a 23-year-old, he became the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe by helicopter. Since then, Ross Perot Jr. has made a long list of notable marks in the business world. Now, as board chair of the U.S. Chamber, he takes a standout role in what he calls "the leading voice fighting for free enterprise and American businesses of all sizes."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 19, 2025
With the Texas Stock Exchange slated to launch trading in 2026 and the New York Stock Exchange planning its own launch of NYSE Texas, the Nasdaq is setting up its own home on Y'all Street. Yesterday the Nasdaq held a luncheon in Dallas honoring Ross Perot Jr. for his contributions to the thriving Texas economy—and announced that it will be opening a new regional headquarters in Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2025
The nonprofit's 2025 Annual Gala at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas raised the money to expand high-quality early childhood education across North Texas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 12, 2024
Inside the sprawling, cowboy-chic Texas Barn at the Perot family’s Circle T Ranch in Westlake late last month, an elite group of investors, founders, and key stakeholders gathered for an exclusive VIP event kicking off the 2024 Venture Dallas business summit. Ross Perot Jr. sat at center stage in a fireside chat with Venture Dallas Co-Founder and Board Chair Aaron Pierce and Anurag Jain, founder and managing partner at early-stage VC firm Perot Jain.
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At last November's Venture Dallas Summit kickoff event at Circle T Ranch, Aaron Pierce, Ross Perot Jr., and Anurag Jain took part in a fireside chat. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography/Venture Dallas]
Venture Dallas 2024 Kickoff Spotlights North Texas as a Thriving Hub for Entrepreneurs: ‘This Is the Best Time and Place To Be’
by Glenn Hunter | Nov 7, 2024
Behind the scenes at an exclusive VIP event at the Perot family's Circle T Ranch in Westlake, where Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain held forth in an annual highlight of the Venture Dallas summit.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2024
The $262M public-private initiative—a partnership of Hillwood, TxDOT, NCTCOG, the City of Fort Worth, and the City of Haslet—aims to transform logistics with real-time tracking.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 16, 2024
The company said it expects to begin operations in an existing hangar next year while building a second hangar that should be finished by 2027 to support its growing fleet of regional E-Jets.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 27, 2024
When North America's leading wire and cable company invests in a nearly 1.2 million square foot facility, it's a statement. Southwire, an $8 billion company with over 9,000 global team members, officially opened its newest and largest distribution center with a ribbon cutting and tour last week.
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MP Materials has received a $58.5 million award to advance its construction of America’s first fully-integrated rare earth magnet manufacturing facility, pictured in October 2023, Fort Worth, Texas [Photo: Business Wire]
Over $58M Awarded to Advance Fort Worth Rare Earth Magnet Manufacturing Plant
by David Seeley | Apr 1, 2024
Las Vegas-based MP Materials—which began building the plant in 2022 at Hillwood's AllianceTexas—plans to produce ""precursor materials" at the facility this summer, and "finished magnets" by late 2025. The critically needed products will be delivered to General Motors to power EVs—and help "bring the supply chain home" to the U.S.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Feb 12, 2024
But in a keynote talk with Perot Group Chairman Ross Perot Jr. at the Tarrant Transportation Summit, the president and CEO of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank cites supply chain and cybersecurity risks, as well as challenges around affordable housing and childcare.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 8, 2024
When Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were in their mid-20s, they set out to defy skeptics and fast-track a first-of-its-kind industrial airport in North Fort Worth. Today, AllianceTexas stands as a 27,000-acre global nexus fueled by that same trailblazing spirit—and public-private collaboration on a grand scale.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 9, 2024
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the USA from June 1 to June 29. The first match? USA vs. Canada, right here at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium. Here's a look at how North Texas has suddenly become a global hotbed for cricket—with two U.S. leagues, cricket entertainment venues, and more.
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