The 500 and Persons of the Year Cocktail Reception

Join us in honoring Fort Worth Inc.'s 500 Most Influential People in Fort Worth and 2026 Persons of the Year, Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry.

Honorees and guests attending will enjoy generous passed hors d’oeuvres and a hosted bar in an engaging social setting.

The honorees selected for this list are Fort Worthians whose impact and influence contribute to making our city a better place to live and work.

When Ross Perot Jr. pitched an industrial airport in north Fort Worth 40 years ago, doubters raised red flags. Can-do city visionaries, however, cleared the runway. There’s a reason history recalls the visionaries. Hillwood’s AllianceTexas, the 27,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use development in north Fort Worth, is today one of the nation’s most significant economic engines — a global logistics hub anchored by Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport and one of the country’s largest inland ports.

It’s that kind of bold leadership that has earned Perot Jr. and Hillwood President Mike Berry recognition as Fort Worth Inc.’s Persons of the Year.