Claire Poole
Features
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
You do, right? Joe Jamail, Red McCombs, Mark Cuban, and seven other superrich Texans tell you how.
Columns | Miscellany
Merge Ahead
In the fifties and sixties James Ling built LTV into one of the country's powerhouse companies. But after three decades out of the spotlight, what's his plan today?
Racks to Riches
Can Houston's SuperStand become the Barnes & Noble of magazines: an upscale national chain of superstores catering to affluent, educated consumers? Read all about it.
An F for Effort
Why the Emma L. Harrison Charter School in Waco flunked out.
Moore of the Same
Old Texas, New Texas, boom, bust: Whatever the times, Houston strip-mall king Jerry J. Moore makes a living–and lives it up.
Tortilla Flat
A year after she was forced to file for bankruptcy, Houston’s Ninfa Laurenzo is cooking up a way to save her popular restaurant chain.
Reporter
Studio City
Oh, Canada: You've taken film business away from Texas. Can an Austin soundstage get it back?
Good Book
Houston’s hot preacher writes a (good) book.
School’s In
The charter school craze hits Texas.
Texas Monthly Biz
Mixing Oil and Politics
Is Koch Industries the target of a dirty political attackor is it just plain dirty?
McNair's Dare
Bob McNair goes deep to bring pro football back to Houston.
Whatever Happened to Jack Kilby
Reinventing Jack Kilby.
Leadership to the Max
A company volleyball court, $1.7 billion in projected sales, and other ways Max Watson is transforming BMC Software.
Whatever happened to Walter Mischer
Walter Mischer’s latest developments.
What ever happened to Clayton Williams
Clayton Williams, relaxed and enjoying it.
Mutual Admiration
Investors are bullish about Houston’s AIM Management Company, whose mutual funds have been on target for two decades.



