Indianapolis Business Journal

IBJ's year-end issue introduces our 2023 newsmakers and is packaged with The Book, our annual compilation of industry top-25 lists and a look back at the year in news. It should be no surprise that David Ricks, CEO of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., is IBJ's newsmaker of the year. As you'll read in reporter John Russell's story below, Lilly this year became the world's most valuable publicly traded drug company. Our other eight newsmakers for 2023 come from higher education, politics, sports and industry, and all made a big impact on central Indiana.