Ben Swanger

What can I say about Rome that isn’t already known? The Colosseum is every bit as jaw-dropping as promised. The Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps—especially after dark—as romantic as portrayed. The Pantheon still stops you mid-stride. Vatican City feels as immense as its reputation. And the food? Worth planning an entire trip around.

As a boy in Istanbul, Fehmi Karahan built castles from wooden blocks. Today, he’s a nationally respected innovator who helped pioneer modern mixed-use development. His firm created Legacy West in Plano—home to major corporate HQs—and is now transforming 2,500 acres into the $1 billion Fields West in Frisco, anchored by the recently-opened Universal Kids Resort.

When veteran private equity investors Eliot Kerlin, Andrew Boisseau, and JJ Barto launched Broadwing Capital in 2022, they didn’t immediately start raising capital for their first fund. Instead, they started by building a team. Headquartered in Preston Center, that team now encompasses 18 employees. Today, that patience has paid off. Broadwing just closed its oversubscribed inaugural fund with $440 million in commitments, blowing past its original $350 million target.