Area executive, a Wall Street rock star, dies at 73

Brian Jellison was a Wall Street rock star, mostly for his unparalleled, 17-year run of success at the helm of Lakewood Ranch-based Roper Technologies.

The company, for one, grew its market capitalization from $1.5 billion to more than $30 billion during his tenure. And from 2003 to 2017, Roper’s compound annual shareholder return was 19%, compared to 9% for the S&P 500. More confirmation: Harvard Business Review named Jellison one the best performing CEOs in the world, while Institutional Investor named him the best CEO in the electrical equipment and multi-industry sector.