Out To Lunch - New Orleans Business Podcast

It’s New Orleans: Out to Lunch

Hosted ByPeter Ricchiuti

OUT TO LUNCH finds the country's most entertaining finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch. Each week Peter invites guests from the New Orleans business world to join him, sometimes for fine dining others for pizza. From CEO's to startups, managers, musicians, biomed needle-movers, Silicon Bayou success stories and entrepreneurs of all stripes put aside the elevator pitch and the talking points and actually enjoy themselves. It's business, New Orleans style.
You can also hear the show on WWNO 89.9FM.

Bio Bayou – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

November 13, 2014 Out to Lunch Comments Off on Bio Bayou – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

There are a number of New Orleans businesses that are as much a part of the unique vocabulary of New Orleanians as “muffuletta” and “poboy.” Some of them – like K&B and Schwegmans – are in the “aint dere no more” category. One New Orleans institution that is still here is what we call either “Oxner” or “Oshner.” However you say it, everybody in New Orleans knows what you mean. Its real title is Ochsner Health System.

Ochsner is one of the largest independent academic health systems in the United States with 12 hospitals, more than 40 health centers, over 15,000 employees.

warner thomas, peter ricchiuti

The President and CEO of the company, Warner Thomas, joins Peter on this edition of Out to Lunch. 

Another local medical institution you may have heard of is the New Orleans Bio District. The Bio District was created in 2005 to develop businesses connected to bioscience and encourage them to start up or relocate to New Orleans.

gene d'amour

Peter’s also lunching today with the Bio District’s Chairman and Xavier University’s Senior Vice President for Resource Development, Dr. Gene D’Amour.  

peter ricchiuti

Photos on this page taken at Commander’s Palace by Cheryl DalPozzal.