Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, August 29, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 206 • Two Sections
Rising with help, then helping others rise
Glover continues to make history the historically black college founded in Jacksonville 150 years ago. You grew up in Jacksonville and you are a graduate of Edward Waters College. What led you there? It’s not necessarily one of those stories that I think people like to tell. Was this the relentless pursuit of education or maybe I was so motivated by the prospect of gaining knowledge for a future? It wasn’t like that. I actually wanted to quit school at an earlier point in my life because my peer group in the neighborhood seemed to be doing pretty well and they were not going to school. Their parents were not insisting that they go to school, so I Success continued on Page A-8
Best advice Biggest surprise “The best advice that I have received is to go beyond expectations.”
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“The biggest surprise during my career was being appointed captain of the football team and being selected as president of a college.”
Spark of wisdom “The one spark of wisdom that I would like to share with young people is to be willing to go in early, work late and go the extra mile.”
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Photos by Fran Ruchalski
Edward Waters College President Nathaniel Glover chats with members of the school’s football team as they practice on a hot August morning on old basketball courts. He makes the players promise they will make the best of their opportunity at the college as he tells them how it opened doors for him. And he says he will be checking to make sure they keep those promises.
Nathaniel Glover Jr.’s story of rising to the leadership helm of Edward Waters College is one of determination, perseverance and help from those who believed in him. They include a strong mother who kept Glover from dropping out of high school and a police officer and former mayor who helped Glover get the opportunity to take the civil service test to become a police officer. Glover rose through the ranks at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and, in 1995, became the first African-American elected sheriff in Florida since Reconstruction. Glover was installed five years ago as the 29th president, after serving as interim president of
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Former Web.com president joins Kobe
First Coast Success: Nathaniel Glover Jr.
By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor
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The former president of Web.com Group Inc. has joined with a former basketball superstar to launch a $100 million venture capital fund. Jeff Stibel, who left Jacksonville-based Web.com in 2009, partnered with Kobe Bryant, who retired from the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers in April, to form Bryant Stibel. The fund was actually started in 2013 and has already made 15 investments, but the pair kept the partnership under wraps. Now that Bryant has retired, they decided to make a public announcement about the firm last week. Stibel’s biography lists him as the former CEO of Web.com, but that was a different Web.com. It was an Atlanta-based company that merged into Jacksonville-based Website Pros Inc. in 2007. Stibel came to Jacksonville after the merger as president of Website Pros, with David Brown remaining chairman and CEO of the company. A few months after the merger in early Basch
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Historic tag debated for Hemming
By Max Marbut Staff Writer
Glover holds a photo of himself where his boyhood home stood.
Decision you Decision you would take back would have made “For the most part in retrospect, my mistakes have turned out to be good for me.”
“I would have paid closer attention to the intricate workings of higher education when I was taking classes at the University of North Florida.”
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A 2-acre plot of land Downtown the city has owned for more than 150 years is being considered for designation as a landmark. An ordinance is making its way through City Council committees that would, at the request of the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission, place Hemming Park on the list of local historic sites. Not everyone was on board with the proposal. When the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department learned of the intent, a letter was sent to the commission saying the city opposed the designation over concerns it might hinder changes, additions or upgrades to the park, said city spokeswoman Marsha Oliver. However, the city supports the designation for the 62-foot-high Confederate monument in the fountain in the park near the Skyway station. It’s actually part of the park’s historical provenance. According to research presented to the Hemming continued on Page A-11
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