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Jan 29, 2024 · January 29, 2024 05:46 AM. Prominent businessman and philanthropist Stephen Polk has thrown a lifeline to Offshore Spars Co., buying the manufacturer out of bankruptcy for $2.4 million. Polk was ...
The founder, Stephen’s great-grandfather, obtained financing in 1872 for his first directories from James E. Scripps, who in 1873 launched The Evening News, the forerunner to The Detroit News. Polk in his Civil War uniform.
Jul 24, 2019 · The younger Polk played a key role in continuing the company’s legacy of success, making an estimated 50 acquisitions to facilitate continued growth. Then in 2013, he closed a $1.4 billion deal to sell the company to IHS Inc. We spoke with Polk about the sale of the business, his Highgate family office investing platform and his continuing ...
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That led to him leaving and setting up the Detroit Evening News.” Scripps’ sister later married George Booth and together they founded the Cranbrook Educational Community - for which Stephen Polk, more than a hundred years later, now serves as a trustee. The first Polk City Directory was in, as Stephen Polk recalls, “Evansville, Ind.
Stephen Polk. Born. ( 1960-05-15) May 15, 1960 (age 63) Dayton, Ohio, United States. Occupation (s) Film director, screenwriter, actor. Stephen Boyd Polk is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is the founder of Providence Productions LLC, an independent film development, production, and finance company.
Sep 14, 2017 · The Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo was built in part with a $10-million gift from Stephen Polk and his wife, Bobbi Mike Martindale The Detroit News
Sep 9, 1991 · STEPHEN POLK, 34. The R.L. Polk company's move this year into its new Brewery Park headquarters in downtown Detroit was no accident. "Our commitment to remain in Detroit reflects my optimism for ...
