NetJets re-ups with PGA Tour
COLUMBUS — NetJets has extended its contract as the official private-jet provider of the PGA Tour.
The agreement, originally signed in 2014, now extends through 2022. It calls for NetJets to provide flights, marketing support and charitable contributions to the tour, its tournaments and its players.
Columbus-based NetJets, the world’s largest private-jet operator, is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Fintech71 board and provide funding and consultation to help establish a mentorship program for early-stage companies.
The Fintech71 business accelerator is a nonprofit industry initiative of leading financial and non-financial companies. It is supported by JobsOhio, the state’s private, nonprofit economic-development organization, as part of JobsOhio’s mission to attract jobs and investment to the state.
Fintech71 aims to build a platform for ongoing financialtechnology innovation, attract and grow talent, and establish a Midwestern financial-technology hub to accelerate economic growth. The mentorship program is a 10-week event that includes workshops hosted by mentors, education sessions and guidance on solution design and delivery.
“Ohio’s financial-services sector is the sixth-largest financial-services sector in the country and second-largest private sector in Ohio,” said Valentina Isakina, managing director for financial services at JobsOhio, in a statement. “But we have been flying under the radar. ... Fintech71 created a collaboration platform to leverage our talent, ecosystem, and cost advantage to put Ohio prominently on the innovation map.” Robert H. Schottenstein to its board of directors.
Bellinger is an adjunct lecturer and research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and is an expert on diversity, inclusion and leadership development.
Schottenstein is chairman and CEO of M/I Homes, which was founded in Columbus and is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders.
L Brands also announced the retirement of Jeffrey H. Miro from the board. Miro, who had served on the board since 2006, is a partner at the law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn.