Indianapolis Business Journal

In the past five years, shares of Eli Lilly and Co. have increased in value by 508%. This is not news to the pharma giant’s 43,000 employees, nearly 90% of whom have at least a few shares—and some worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. John Russell explains how Lilly is enriching employee stockholders and is using its runup to retain talent. Also in this week’s issue, Susan Orr reports that the state’s focus on attracting data centers to Indiana is starting to pay off. And Mickey Shuey shares his wide-ranging conversation with Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles about ticket sales for this year’s Indy 500, whether a return of Formula One is on the horizon, and Roger Penske’s continued investment in the track.