Inductees: Arkansas Business Hall of Fame
Each year, four new members are inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. An event is held at the Statehouse Convention Center, honoring the new inductees.
2023 Inductees
Curt Bradbury
Chief Operating Officer
Stephens Inc.
E. Fletcher Lord Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Bumper to Bumper/Crow-Burlingame Co.
Judy R. McReynolds
Chairman, President and CEO
ArcBest
Ross M. Whipple
President and CEO, Horizon Capital Partners, LLLP
President, Horizon Timber Services, Inc.
Chairman, Board of Trustees for The Ross Foundation
2022 Inductees
Peggy J. Clark
Owner and Managing General Partner
Clark Timberlands
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
Chairman, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Former Chairman/CEO, Eaton Vance
George G. Gleason II
Chairman and CEO
Bank OZK
Ginger L. Graham
Founder/Owner, Ginger and Baker
Former President/CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
2020 Inductees
Gerald Alley
President and CEO
Con-Real, LP
Olivia Farrell
Retired CEO
Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Charles Nabholz
Chairman Emeritus
Nabholz Corporation
Reynie Rutledge
Chairman and CEO
First Security Bancorp
2019 Inductees
Claiborne P. Deming
Chairman
Murphy Oil Corporation
Joe M. Steele
(1905 - 1976)
Co-Founder
Steele Canning Company & Springdale Canning Company
Founding Director
Beaver Water District
Warren A. Stephens
Chairman, President & CEO
Stephens Inc.
John W. Tyson
(1905 - 1967)
Founder
Tyson Foods, Inc.
2018 Inductees
James A. " Jim" Bottin
Founder & Chairman
ABC Financial
John D. Correnti
(1947 - 2015)
Former Chairman & CEO
Big River Steel
Herbert H. McAdams II
(1915 - 2001)
Former Chairman & CEO
Citizens Bank of Jonesboro
Union National Bank of Arkansas
James Kirk Thompson
Chairman
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
2017 Inductees
Charles E. Scharlau
(1927 - 2021)
Retired Chairman, President & CEO
Southwestern Energy Co.
Thomas B. Schueck
(1941 - 2020)
Chairman
Lexicon, Inc.
Sherman E. Tate
President & CEO
Tate & Associates Management
Gus M. Vratsinas
Chairman
Bailey Construction and Consulting, LLC
2016 Inductees
William T. Dillard, II
Dillard's Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas
George K. Mitchell
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Little Rock, Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
(1912 - 1973)
Former Governor of Arkansas
Winrock Farms
Little Rock, Arkansas
Patricia P. Upton
(1938 - 2017)
Aromatique Inc.
Heber Springs, Arkansas
2015 Inductees
2014 Inductees
James H. Faulkner
(1932 - 2021)
Faulkner & Associates
Falcon Productions & Falcon Publications
Jimco, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas
2013 Inductees
2012 Inductees
2011 Inductees
Donald G. Soderquist
(1934 - 2016)
Walmart
Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics
Rogers, Arkansas
2010 Inductees
James E. "Jim" Lindsey
Lindsey Management, Inc.
Lindsey & Associates, Inc.
Fayetteville, Arkansas
J. Thomas "Tommy" May
Simmons First National Bank and Simmons First National Corp.,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2009 Inductees
2008 Inductees
William H. Bowen
(1923 - 2014)
First Commercial Bank and First Commercial Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas
Harvey C. Couch
(1877 - 1941)
Arkansas Power & Light Company (now Entergy)
Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas
2007 Inductees
2006 Inductees
2005 Inductees
2004 Inductees
2003 Inductees
2002 Inductees
2001 Inductees
2000 Inductees
1999 Inductees
