Confluent Health’s own founder and CEO, Larry Benz, was recently named on Business First’s 2022 Power 50 list, read on below.
‘ANNOUNCING: Meet the first group of our 2022 Power 50 list’
Today, Louisville Business First reveals the first group of 10 of our 2022 Power 50 list.
This is the second year for Power 50, our list of the most influential people in Greater Louisville’s business community. To compile the Power 50 for 2022, LBF again solicited nominations from the public as well as considered candidates from our reporting and sourcing. Publisher Lisa Benson and Editor Shea Van Hoy then combed through the pool of those considered to come up with the list of 50.
This was a very tough task, and I want to be sure to note it was a subjective process. There are many people worthy of this designation in Greater Louisville, and trimming the list to 50 was challenging — and fun at the same time.
For this second list, you’ll find some legacy names in Louisville, but also leaders who have made big news in the past year. We’ll also later announce 5 on the Rise, five individuals we think are primed for big things in the next year.
Who you won’t find on the list are people whose primary role is that of elected officials (appointed officials are eligible). Our thinking here is that many elected officials automatically have power, and we wanted to limit this list to primarily business leaders and not politicians.
With that, listed below are the first 10 names on the 2022 Power 50 list in random order. Keep in mind that we don’t rank the Power 50.
We’ll unveil another group of 10 each day this week, so check back to see who joins these 10. Wondering who made last year’s list? You can find that here. And check out last year’s 5 on the Rise here.
Power 50, the first 10
- Mike Mountjoy, founding partner, chairman emeritus, MCM CPAs & Advisors
- Cynthia Knapek, president, Leadership Louisville Center
- Jonathan Blue, chairman and founding director, Blue Equity LLC
- Alice Houston, co-founder and owner, HJI Supply Chain Solutions and chair of Impetus for a Better Louisville
- Kim Halbauer, president, Fifth Third Bank Kentucky
- Larry Benz, president and CEO, Confluent Health
- Purna Veer, president and founder, V-Soft Consulting Group Inc. and owner of Tandoori Fusion
- Mark Lynn, owner, Lynn Family Sports Vision and Training
- Phoebe Wood, principal, CompaniesWood
- Ja Hillebrand, chairman and CEO, Stock Yards Bank & Trust