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        YPO member Bob White dedicated his career to advancing lifesaving medical technology. After graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering, Bob began at GE working on jet engines for the U.S. military. He earned his MBA at Cornell and found his passion in the healthcare ind…

        YPO member Jessica Cole is high energy and passionate. So when she graduated from the University of Iowa, it’s no surprise she went in an entrepreneurial direction. She met the founder of a small, new healthcare information company, and he hired her as an intern. Jessica quick…

YPO member Shelly Sun needed in-home care for her ailing grandmother but was dissatisfied with the options available. So she left her job as vice president at a large insurance firm, and founded BrightStar Care, providing high quality in-home care for seniors. Today, BrightStar Care has 335 franc…

YPO member Dan Levin was born and raised north of Chicago, Illinois, USA, in an entrepreneurial family. After graduating from college, Dan lived in Cancun, Mexico, for several years and built a successful property management business. Dan returned home to become CEO of Cain Millwork, a cabinet ma…

For YPO member Kara Huss, family is everything. So after graduating from the University of Illinois and finding her own success in fashion marketing, Kara willingly agreed to her father’s request that she return to the family manufacturing business. Today, Kara is the Vice President and Global Ma…

YPO member Scott Penn struggled with his weight from a young age. When his parents launched Weight Watchers in Australia, he attended his first meeting at age 13. After beginning his career at an advertising agency, Scott joined his family at Weight Watchers and helped it grow dramatically. When …

YPO member Santiago Jaramillo founded his first company out of his college dorm room at Indiana Wesleyan University and somehow still had time to graduate co-valedictorian. Today, Santiago is the Co-founder and CEO of Emplify, which uses a robust feedback platform to better measure employee engag…

YPO member Jon DeArment has a healthy respect for tradition. He is proud to be in the fifth generation of DeArments to run his family’s hand tool manufacturing company, Channellock. But he also knows that nostalgia alone does not keep a company successful. As is his family’s tradition, Jon began h…

YPO member Wesley Palmisano is a third-generation entrepreneur in a construction business based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. After graduating at the top of his class at Louisiana State University in just three years, Wes ventured out on his own, working for a commercial construction company and…