IBJ’s Feltman to receive alumni award from IU Indianapolis

Nate Feltman increased his stake in IBJ Media from 50% to sole ownership by purchasing the shares of Mickey Maurer and Bob Schloss. (IBJ photo)

IBJ Media owner and CEO Nate Feltman will be honored in November by Indiana University Indianapolis for his contributions to the university.

Feltman will receive the Maynard K. Hine Award on Nov. 20 at the university’s Alumni Leaders Dinner, IU Indianapolis announced Monday. The Hine Award, given annually since 1974, is named for the first chancellor of IU’s Indianapolis campus. Feltman will receive a bronze medal engraved with Hine’s profile.

“It is with great admiration that we acknowledge Nate’s exemplary volunteer leadership within the IU Alumni Association,” Chief Alumni Officer Tricia Riveire Stumpf said in written remarks. “His unwavering dedication and meaningful service have profoundly enriched our alumni community and the broader university.”

Feltman is the owner of IBJ Media, the parent company of Indianapolis Business Journal, The Indiana Lawyer and Inside INdiana Business. He is also publisher of IBJ and The Lawyer.

Feltman became a minority owner of IBJ Media in 2017, increased his ownership stake in 2020 when he became CEO and publisher, and became the company’s sole owner in March 2024. During that time, the company has experienced consistent year-over-year growth, doubled the number of events it hosts and increased circulation of IBJ. In June, he brought on Mitch Frazier as president and a minority shareholder.

Feltman began his career as a corporate lawyer working in Moscow, Russia, in the 1990s for the global law firm Baker & McKenzie, then as a partner at Chicago-based Altheimer & Gray and Indianapolis-based law firms Ice Miller and Baker & Daniels.

He transitioned from law to business in 2010, serving as co-owner and CEO of the medical equipment company Home Health Depot until its sale to Clearwater, Florida-based Lincare in 2017.

Feltman served as Indiana Secretary of Commerce and CEO of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. from 2007 to 2009.