What to make of Ron Carson selling 29% of his empire for $35 million -- and how he's evolved his no-pain, no-gain approach to attract a new generation of talent
Improbably, the master motivator of Omaha is seeking a few good millennial slackers en route to building a firm that exudes as much silicon as charisma
Jeff Spears
Ron proves there are MANY different ways to skin the RIA cat. No firm has figured out how to keep the cat alive.
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