MICHAEL J. KASBAR

CHAIRMAN & CEO, WORLD KINECT CORP., DORAL

Headquartered in Miami, World Kinect is an energy management company that provides fuel management, price risk management and trip-planning services to more than 150,000 aviation-, marine- and land-based transportation businesses. World Kinect is Florida’s second largest publicly traded company, with $42.2 billion in revenue in 2024. It employs more than 4,700 people globally. Kasbar has served as CEO since 2012 and became chairman in 2014. Before that, he was president and COO, driving the company’s aggressive acquisition strategy. Kasbar is a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and a graduate of the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, where he majored in environmental science.