Greg and Maria Trent purchased Beyer & Brown from then-owners Jerry and Marie Kempisty in 2000. Greg himself began working at
Beyer & Brown in 1990 when he was in college. “I did all the kind of stuff you start out doing,” he said – making deliveries and cleaning games,
working as a route collector, and by the time he got his degree, managing the business.

Sheri and Bob Burnham, owners of Flippers Family Arcade in downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming, stand in front of a few of their modern pinball machines.

Anup Tapadia (left), the founder and chief technology officer of TouchMagix, received two master’s degrees in computer science by age 21. An alumnus of the University of California, he’s the world’s youngest professional to pass all Microsoft certifications (MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA), and an avid origami expert. Anup bridges technology with creativity to lead the product development at TouchMagix.

Jayesh Kariya, the CEO of Touch­Magix, has a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Symbiosis College, Pune, and is a chartered accountant. Jayesh comes with more than six years of experience at a global consulting firm, Pricewaterhouse- Coopers, and leads TouchMagix in areas of business, strategy, finance, accounting and operations.