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After Setting Up in Miami, Blockchain Moves to Further Dominate Latin America

Blockchain, the granddaddy of cryptocurrency platforms, has acquired Buenos Aires-based SeSocio, one of the largest crypto companies in Argentina and one of the most prolific across Latin America. With its

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Ignacio Villanueva, Director of Sales for Compass Florida, Has a Keen Eye for Fine Spaces

“I love my home in Morningside, which I developed from the ground up,” Villanueva says of one of the first new-construction houses on Morningside’s non-historic side. “I’m a real estate

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Joan Didion, Author of an Acclaimed Book About Miami, Dies at 87

Joan Didion died today. In 1987, she published a nonfiction work called Miami. It was a penetrating work, as full as intrigue as her novel Democracy, which had appeared three

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Drew Limsky
There Are No Hard Angles in Adriana Hoyos’ New Collection

When the esteemed furniture design brand Adriana Hoyos conjured its Gem collection, it was all about the clean silhouette. Inspired by delicate yet durable gems and stones, the collection was introduced

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The Month-Old Easing of COVID-19 Restrictions on International Travelers Means a Boost for Foreign Investment

On Nov. 8, the floodgates opened. Most foreign travelers, who had been prohibited from entering the United States since early 2020, are brandishing their vaccination cards, donning their masks, and

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Be Inspired by the Industry Leaders in the Pages of SFBW

Every month we fill the pages of SFBW with spectacular people and their stories, so I want to pause and take a moment to pay tribute to them—and to the

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Drew Limsky
International Travelers Await New COVID Testing Rules

Last month, SFBW examined how much of a hassle it is to fly to Europe in the age of COVID-19. We concluded: Not so much. Now that last piece of the pie—covid testing prior

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SFBW’s Annual Up & Comer Awards Celebrated the Tricounty Area’s Top Young Professionals

Business leaders of today and tomorrow gathered for SFBW’s seventh annual Up & Comer awards at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort last month. “Celebrating the top achievers under the

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After a Long Tenure at IBM, Pete Martinez Prods Sivotec “To Improve the Human Condition”

“I get to play the role of historian and also visionary in this life,” says Boca Raton-based Pete Martinez, chairman and CEO of the Sivotec family of companies, which are

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In Conversation, Ava Parker, the President of Palm Beach State College, Frequently Returns to Two Words: Opportunity and Trajectory

Ava Parker’s life has led her to crisscross the state of Florida, leaving an imprint on nearly every region with her achievements. She grew up in the Florida Panhandle, in

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Florida East Coast Realty’s Jerome Hollo Explains How Rising Above the City Is a Measure of Character as Well as Feet

For SFBW’s biggest live event this year, magazine Chairman Gary Press talked to Jerome Hollo, executive vice president of Florida East Coast Realty, inside the development company’s premier showplace: Panorama

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It’s Game on Once Again for UBS, Lead Partner of Art Basel Miami Beach

Laura Raybin Miller made her way to the upper echelons of UBS in an unexpected way. Born in New York, she came to South Florida as a child. With parents

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