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Jay Wright does not disagree with those who tell him he is at the top of the food chain in the beverage industry.   The 51-year-old is president of Constellation Wines North America for Victor-based Constellation Brands Inc., the top ...

As a psychiatrist, Joseph Vasile M.D. takes issue with the popular image of his profession.   When he tells people what he does for a living, Vasile says, they sometimes back away. He suspects they think he is reading their ...

The Genesee Brewing Co., profitable the last two years under majority ownership of private equity firm KPS Capital Partners L.P., could be producing beer and other beverages around the clock when the weather warms.   It has been a while ...

Sophia Maggelakis never intended to become dean of the College of Science at Rochester Institute of Technology. Maggelakis, who was named dean in March, leads a school that is among the best at the university in gaining research funding and ...

  Randolph Henderson Jr. learned determination and how to make things happen before he had finished grade school. Henderson found his first job-a newspaper route-at the age of 9 so he could buy the Converse All Stars he coveted. His ...

  You could call Russ Preite’s management style a combination of inquisitive and peripatetic, or traveling about. Preite estimates that since taking over as Verizon Wireless Inc.’s Upstate New York Region president some eight months ago, he has spent an ...

For a time after retiring from a career at Eastman Kodak Co., Anthony Fedor was happy to hit the greens near his winter home in Naples, Fla. But a business opportunity, coupled with a touch of boredom and a desire ...

As financial markets came unhinged in 2008, Anton Schutz gained near-celebrity status on TV business channels. "On average, I’m probably on CNBC, Fox Business or Bloomberg once a week," says the Honeoye Falls resident. "During the insanity of 2008, I ...

It could be said that the Diocese of Rochester is indebted to John Balinsky for how he has grown Catholic Charities from an organization with $13 million in revenue and three subsidiary agencies to a current budget of $62 million, ...

When he sings at work or dances at night on the town, it is clear that Richard Chiarenza loves life. More specifically, Chiarenza says, he loves people and loathes stodginess. Chiarenza considers himself an underdog, an entrepreneur who built his ...

  Martin Piecuch was hired by the Empire State Development Corp. with the demolition of Midtown Plaza in mind. Piecuch, 34, joined the ESDC in March as senior construction manager for the Finger Lakes Region. He is project manager for ...

By If one were pressed to pick a single word to describe Brent Saunders, modest would not be the worst choice. Slight of build, soft-spoken and unfailingly polite, Saunders easily could be taken for a year or two younger than ...

Tucked away on a dead-end street in the Livingston County hamlet of Caledonia sits a century-old manufacturer that churns out millions of tags and labels weekly. Its quiet location keeps Allen-Bailey Tag & Label Inc. out of the public eye, ...

  Andrew Molodetz’s interest in entrepreneurship can be traced back to when he was 5 years old and used to make snow shovels by nailing the lid of a coffee can onto the end of a stick. He would then ...

  Margaret Quackenbush has loved music for her entire life, but the lifelong relationship owes a bit to circumstances. As a child growing up on a farm in Minnesota, she had to work to convince her parents to let her ...