The Wow Factor

Terry Looper is CEO and Founder of Texon LP, a Houston-based energy company founded in 1989. Texon views its core values and employees as the keys to its mission of being the best service provider in its industry. Terry is the author of Sacred Pace: Four Steps to Hearing God and Aligning Yourself with His Will , which outlines his faith journey and offers a biblical framework for making large and...

Steve Green became President of Hobby Lobby in 2004 and has helped his family grow the business to more than 900 stores in 47 states with over 43,000 employees. He is a national speaker on business and philanthropy interests, always focusing on how his faith intersects with his life endeavors. Green is also chairman of the board for the Museum of the Bible . Green has authored four books: Faith in...

Evan Goldberg is the Executive Vice President of Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. He is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Before Oracle acquired NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Goldberg spent eight years at Oracle Corporation, serving as a vice president. He was involved...

Kenneth Cooper is the Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees that oversees The Cooper Institute's strategic direction and educational and research initiatives. He founded The Cooper Institute, a nonprofit foundation, in 1970 and later established the Cooper Clinic, Cooper Fitness Center, Cooper Hotel & Conference Center, Cooper Spa, Cooper Wellness, Cooper Consulting Partners, and Cooper Compl...

Larry Ross is Founder & CEO of A. Larry Ross Communications (ALRC), a Dallas-based public relations firm he founded in 1994 to provide crossover media liaison at the intersection of faith and culture. He has more than 45 years of mainstream and Christian corporate, agency, and non-profit experience influencing public opinion through the power of story by providing senior strategic P.R. consultatio...

Jim Stovall is the President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network and a highly sought-after author and speaker. His work making television accessible to the USA's 13 million blind and visually impaired people saw him named Entrepreneur of the Year by The President's Committee on Equal Opportunity; he was also chosen as the International Humanitarian of the Year in 2000. Jim is th...

Dr. Dato Kim Tan is a successful biotech entrepreneur, global social impact pioneer, and an advocate of changing how Christian entrepreneurs can make a difference around the globe. Kim is the co-founder of Transformational Business Network (TBN), a network of over 2,000 business people who bring about community transformation through sustainable business solutions to poverty. TBN projects include...

Gail Seymour "Hal" Halvorsen (born October 10, 1920) is a retired senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949. Hal grew up in rural Utah and earned his private pilot's license in 1941 before joining the Civil Ai...

William Wang, founder, and CEO of VIZIO, survived the crash of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 in 2000 suffering only carbon monoxide poisoning. The tragedy provided an opportunity for him to reorganize his thoughts and his life, and within two years, he had closed down all of his previous businesses before entering the television market in 2002 with VIZIO Inc. William has won numerous awards, inclu...

Ron Sciarro oversees leadership development, training, and operations strategy to assist franchise owners and their senior leadership teams with the execution of franchise systems within the Aqua-Tots core values across 100+ Aqua-Tots Swim Schools locations in 14 countries. Paul Preston oversees strategic planning, growth, and franchise development of all Aqua-Tots swim school openings worldwide....

Bert Lindsay started his Honda Motorcycle dealership in 1973 at the height of the oil embargo in the USA, which made a considerable impact on the business's success in its early years. The company started out with 20 employees and has since grown to employ over 250 and counting. Bert and his two sons Dustin and Steve now run the business and attribute their continued success to their innovative ma...

Founder of Rustic Cuff  and author of  The Kindness Effect: Experience the Power of Irrational Giving , Jill Donovan graduated from Oral Roberts University and went on to earn her law degree from the University of Tulsa.  She was a practicing attorney and adjunct law professor at TU when her passion for cuff bracelets, and her need to refill her 'gift closet' led her to begin Rustic Cuff. Jill's h...

Charles Antis, Founder, and CEO of Antis Roofing began his successful career in the roofing industry in 1984, after moving to Southern California from Provo, Utah where he attended Brigham Young University. Charles serves on the board of directors of the National Roofing Contractors Association, is a member of the Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress, and serves on the board of directors and adv...

Bobby Gruenewald joined the Life. Church staff in 2001, and along with Senior Pastor Craig Groeschel, he helped launch MySecret.tv in 2006, an online forum that allows users to anonymously confess secrets. Bobby is passionate about exploring new ideas and finding practical ways to leverage them for the global Church. He has helped pioneer the missional use of technology that allows Life. Church to...

Wing Lam left his corporate job to start Wahoo's Fish Taco restaurant with his younger brothers Eduardo and Mingo, little knowing how soon the restaurant would become a global franchise. The Lam brothers grew up close to the ocean in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and brought their love of surf culture and fresh healthy food with them when their family moved to the USA. Wing grew up helping out in his parent'...

Kevin Lavelle is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Mizzen + Main , and he was the CEO before stepping down to take on the Chairman role. Mizzen + Main transformed the apparel industry by creating a comfortable dress shirt out of high-performance fabric. Kevin is now a Senior Vice President at Stand Together , a non-profit organization that aims to help social entrepreneurs supercharge their...

Rabbi Daniel Lapin, known as America's Rabbi, is a noted rabbinic scholar, popular international speaker, and best-selling author. He hosts the Rabbi Daniel Lapin podcast as well as co-hosting the Ancient Jewish Wisdom TV Show on the TCT network with his wife, Susan. Rabbi Lapin's ability to extract life principles from the Bible and entertainingly transmit them, thus improving peoples' finances,...

Chuck Cox CEO of Northern Jet Management , has had a passion for aviation since his youth, and today he has clocked up over 25 years of aviation and travel industry experience. He founded the aviation consulting firm of Cox & Vogel in 1977 with business partner Greg Vogel. In 2008, he was named a board member of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). Mr. Cox is also a member of the Wo...

Sir Bruno Serato arrived in the U.S. from his native Italy speaking no English with only $200 in his pocket. Through hard work and determination, he worked his way up from busboy to owner of the Anaheim White House restaurant, whose patrons include U.S. Presidents, sports stars, and celebrities. In 2005, Chef Bruno founded Caterina's Club, a non-profit organization inspired by his mother, Caterina...

Charles Tenney founded Tenney Group in 1973, and even now at 73, is still passionate and active in ensuring that hardworking transportation business owners achieve the best possible transaction every day. When not managing deals, Charles speaks at events across America focused on educating business owners on how to increase the value of their companies, protect their wealth and prepare for their b...

Joe Paulo, President, and CEO at Hope Media Group in Texas is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of success in the media industry. Hope Media Group's mission is to be the voice of hope connecting people more deeply to God through on-air broadcasting, community outreach, prayer initiatives, and Hope on Demand . Joe is skilled in formulating strategy, building growth, team development...

Chris McIntyre started EagleRider with business partner Jeff Brown when they stumbled upon a gap in the market. Chris and Jeff wanted to take sabbaticals from their jobs and travel around the United States on Harleys, but they found that there were no motorcycle rental services. EagleRider operations started from humble beginnings, but they defined the untapped niche of promoting the American Drea...

Bass Cat Boats was formed in 1971 in Rick's parents, Ron and Jan Pierce's two-car garage before eventually moving in 1972 to its present location. Rick Pierce started at Bass Cat when he was 13-years old with a passion for bass fishing and building boats and quickly earned a reputation for designing fast boats with incredible fiberglass finishes. Today's Bass Cat Boats, led by Rick, employs over 1...

Buzz Baker has served as Network Funding, LP 's President, since he co-founded the business in 1998. With more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry, Buzz and his partner have expanded Network Funding into one of the fastest-growing mortgage companies in the nation, employing over 500 originators in 38 states with licenses to do business in 47 states. Before founding his own company...

Fred Caldwell was the founding partner of Caldwell Nyberg Interests, which later became Caldwell Companies , and today serves as a holding company for a family of related companies that invest in, develop, broker, and manage real estate interests and participate in private equity investments. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Cy-Fair Educational Foundation , is a Lowry Mays Coll...