Furniture is a people business.
From the factory floor to the selling floor and everywhere in between, it is the dedication, passion and hard work of individuals that determine a company’s success. An examination of the organizations that outperform their peers year after year demonstrates the power of consistent leadership, great strategic vision and the role that outstanding individuals can make in determining a company’s destiny.
To recognize individuals whose careers, reflect this consistent level of leadership and professional excellence, Furniture Today will honor five industry Titans at its second annual Trailblazers & Titans event, Saturday, July 26, at Las Vegas Market.
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This year’s Titans include (in alphabetical order) Nebraska Furniture Mart chairman Irv Blumkin, founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse Jake Jabs, City Furniture chairman and co-founder Keith Koenig, Bassett Furniture CEO Rob Spilman and Satya Tiwari, CEO of Surya, which today encompasses Global Views and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
Each of these venerable executives has demonstrated the ability to lead and grow powerful, best-in-class companies through a myriad of economic, political and global upheavals, maintaining a steady hand on the tiller and keeping their companies moving in a positive direction.
This year’s event will also introduce the 2025 Furniture Today 40 Under 40 class, a group that proves outstanding performance, passion for the furniture business and an exceptional work ethic knows no age boundaries. Many of these star performers have already achieved positions of leadership within their respective organizations and within the industry, demonstrating that success, like hard work, is ageless.
Furniture Today also will use this event to reveal its 2025 People to Watch list. Selected from across the industry by the editors of Furniture Today, this unique group of 20 individuals, representing myriad industry sectors, have been selected for the key positions they currently hold, which put them in a unique position to shape not only the companies they lead but the industry at large.
The event will be held 3:30-5:30 p.m., July 26, in Building B’s Worldview ballroom at Las Vegas Market. If you would like to meet and network with this year’s Titans, 40 Under 40 and the 20 people best positioned to shape the industry in the coming year, please join us. For additional details and to register please go online.
Coverage of those being recognized at the event will be featured in the Sept. 1 People Issue of Furniture Today, an annual celebration of the role that individual contributors make to the industry’s overall success.
We hope to see you on July 26!