Las Vegas Business News

40 Under 40: Keith Baulsir, Senior Vice President and Chief Partnership Officer, Vegas Golden Knights and Foley Entertainment Group

Keith Baulsir

Keith Baulsir has been with Foley Entertainment Group since the Vegas Golden Knights’ inaugural season. Over the past seven years, Baulsir has played an instrumental role overseeing ...

40 Under 40: Khurmet Ayapanov, Assistant Principal, Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Khurmet Ayapanov

Fluent in four languages, Ayapanov has taught in four different countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey and the United States.

40 Under 40: Quinn Weathers, Senior Director of Mission Delivery & Operations, Make-A-Wish Nevada

Quinn Weathers

As senior director of mission delivery and operations for Make-A-Wish Nevada, Quinn Weathers led the organization to break its record of number of wishes granted in a year. Twice.

40 Under 40: Matthew Thacker, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Patient Care, Roseman University of Health Sciences

Mathew Thacker

Matthew Thacker is a visionary health care leader who is transforming dental care in Southern Nevada through innovative, community-focused initiatives.

40 Under 40: Michael Mutzhaus, President, Critical Care Comics

Michael Mutzhaus

Teacher by day and superhero by night, Michael Mutzhaus is making a difference in children’s lives every day

40 Under 40: Leah Silva, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Realtor, Eluciant

Leah Silva

Leah Silva’s passion for real estate has led her and her many clients to new heights of success. As the owner of Eluciant, Silva takes the time to get to know her clients, which keeps them happy and ...

40 Under 40: Shantel Love, Global Vice President Customer Success, Pearson and Chief Executive Officer Shantel Love LLC

Shantel Love

Love is inspiring a new generation of women to break the glass ceiling and chase their dreams.

40 Under 40: Kyaw Thein, Medical Oncologist, Hematologist and Clinical Assistant Professor Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada – Central Valley

Kyaw Thien

Kyaw Thein is a dedicated hematologist with a deep commitment to compassionate, culturally sensitive patient care. Growing up and training in Myanmar’s ...

40 Under 40: Stefanie Hui, Behavioral Health Administrator City of Las Vegas

Stephanie Hui

Stefanie Hui has lived in Las Vegas all her life and is committed to making it the best place to live. As an employee of the City of Las Vegas, Hui enjoys serving the community ...

40 Under 40: Austin Tochner, President, Clique Hospitality

Austin Tochner

In just 10 years, Austin Tochner has grown from an intern at Clique Hospitality to the company’s president

40 Under 40: Honoring local leaders

40 Under 40: Honoring local leaders

For the last quarter of a century, members of the community have nominated young professionals who have marked themselves as leaders in their respective industries. Many of these individuals still influence Southern Nevada’s business landscape today.

40 Under 40: MacKenzie Rollison, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, Las Vegas, Imagine Exhibitions

Mackenzie Rollison

MacKenzie Rollison is a powerhouse of innovation, enthusiasm and hard work in the attractions and experiences industry.

Dollar Tree offloads Family Dollar chain for $1 billion, ending a decade-long effort to find a fit

A woman leaves a Dollar Tree store in Urbandale, Iowa, on Feb. 25, 2021.

Dollar Tree's decade-long effort to fold the Family Dollar chain into its business is ending after agreeing to sell the bargain store chain to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion. Dollar Tree Inc. bought Family Dollar with ...

Nevada’s cannabis industry is positioned to grow should federal policy shift

Robin Goldstein, who leads the Cannabis Economics Group at the University of California, Davis, and UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute Director Riana Durrett open the discussion on where cannabis will be most successful should interstate trade for it be approved throughout the United States. Nevada ranked fifth in the report out of the 25 states listed.

In the United States’ burgeoning marijuana industry, state lines are more like walls as the drug’s Schedule I narcotic status alongside heroin and LSD makes interstate commerce illegal. But one day, maybe over ...

23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as co-founder and CEO Wojcicki resigns

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki speaks at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on UCSF's Mission Bay campus in San Francisco, Feb. 20 2013.

23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned as the struggling genetic testing company continues its push to cut costs. San Francisco-based 23andMe announced ...

Top Tech Awards 2025 Nominations now open

Top Tech Awards 2025 Nominations now open

The 15th annual Top Tech Awards recognizes Southern Nevada’s technology leaders

Affordable housing, business space coming to Las Vegas' Historic Westside

Clark County Lake Mead Micro business Groundbreaking event was held on site in the Historic Westside of Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Officials broke ground Thursday on the Microbusiness Park, a $53 million project in the Historic Westside combining affordable housing units and commercial business space ...

Las Vegas company’s concept is halfway between a rideshare and a rental car

Yulieanna Duran remotely drives a Vay electric car from the company headquarters in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Vay, which last year launched its first commercial fleet in Las Vegas, is expanding its fleet of local vehicles with hopes of ushering in a new wave of transportation with its ...

Nevada workers lose $122M annually to wage theft, newly released study reveals

Bliss Requa-Trautz, director of Arriba Las Vegas Workers Center speaks during a gathering outside of Metro Police headquarters in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

Nevada employers shortchange minimum wage workers an average $122 million each year, according to a new study from Rutgers University and Northwestern University’s ...

Repeat visitors boost Las Vegas tourism; travelers getting younger

A view looking northbound on the Las Vegas Strip from Tropicana Avenue Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

A trip to Las Vegas is costing visitors more than ever before, a report released Tuesday from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority showed. The rising costs, however, aren’t seeming to negatively ...