Issue 57

In Issue 57 of The American Executive, we celebrate the companies built to last. Stephen G. Oswald reveals how Vision 2032 will carry Ducommun, founded in 1849, toward $1.7 billion in revenue, while Microsoft’s Dhaval Desai shows where AI really earns its keep. The Alaska International Airport System explains how Anchorage became one of the world’s top air cargo hubs, robot dog and all, and the Eller family leads MWI Pumps into its second century. We also mark 50 years of Allen Lund Company, 40 years of XGS and 25 years of Fastenal in Mexico, and hear how Sébastien Bourassa went from installing stairlifts to leading Savaria. Plus, we pay tribute to Dolly Parton, review Lloyd Blankfein’s Streetwise, carve up the economics of Thanksgiving, and share ten ways to train between meetings and ten historic European soccer clubs you can actually buy stock in.