Ingram's Magazine: September 2026

The 2026 Ingram’s 250—The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Greater Kansas City

The Ingram’s 250 is not a popularity contest and not a social register. It is an annual accounting of the executives whose decisions move capital, jobs, and civic direction across the two-state metro—the people who run the banks, builders, hospitals,…more

Thoughts From the Top

For all the attention paid to titles, corporate scale and professional achievements in assembling the Ingram’s 250, there is another benefit to the exercise that doesn’t necessarily reveal itself in an individual profile: Ask enough accomplished people the same questions…more

The Investment Impact of AI

As 2026 has progressed, investor attention has repeatedly shifted, but ultimately returned to the fundamental driver of long-term stock returns: corporate earnings.  Despite periods of geopolitical uncertainty, persistent inflation concerns, rising long-term interest rates, and shifting expectations for monetary policy,…more

Where Kansas City Banks Put Their Money

The FDIC’s Call Report ledger is unambiguous. Kansas City’s locally headquartered banks kept the lending pump primed after 2020, but they reserved a smaller share of each new dollar for the category that looks most like operating-company credit. At year-end…more