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50 Shaping the Future of OC, and its Economy

 The world paused for much of 2020 and early 2021 for some.

That’s not the case for the members of the latest edition of the OC 50, though.


The executives featured in this week’s Special Report, our 28th edition of the OC 50, haven’t stopped working to shape the look of Orange County, and its economy, for years to come.

 
In fact, they’re working harder than ever.


You’ll find hospital executives with billion-dollar plans to turn the region into a beacon for cutting-edge research and new (and safer) treatments, property owners that aim to revitalize and reinvent some of the area’s best-known areas, and leaders of fast-growing business adding thousands of jobs to the county.


CEOs for many of OC’s new crop of public companies are featured, as are next-generation leaders for some of the many industries the area is best known for.

 
While there are execs here who readers are sure to be familiar with, about 40% of the members of this edition of the OC 50 haven’t been represented on this list before, and more than half weren’t in last year’s edition. We’ve aimed to highlight the diversity of the area’s varied business sectors.

 
Thanks for reading. Keep building.

Mark Mueller
Editor-in-Chief

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Mark Mueller
Mark Mueller
Mark is the former Editor-in-Chief and current Community Editor of the Orange County Business Journal, one of the premier regional business newspapers in the country. He’s the fifth person to hold the editor’s position in the paper’s long history. He oversees a staff of about 15 people. The OCBJ is considered a must-read for area business executives. The print edition of the paper is the primary source of local news for most of the Business Journal’s subscribers, which includes most of OC’s major corporate and community players. Mark’s been with the paper since 2005, and long served as the real estate reporter for the paper, breaking hundreds of commercial and residential real estate stories. He took on the editor’s position in 2018.
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