ORLANDO, Fla., Ju e 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — I ve tu e, I c. (NASDAQ: INV), a i dust ial g owth co glome ate, today a ou ced that its Boa d of Di ecto s has appoi ted D . Bill G ieco as I ve tu e’s ext Chief Executive Office , effective Octobe 1, 2026. D . G ieco will succeed Bill Haskell, who is eti i g afte a disti guished ca ee spa i g mo e tha 45 yea s – the last six of which have bee as I ve tu e’s CEO. M . Haskell will wo k closely with D . G ieco to suppo t a seamless t a sitio ove the ext th ee mo ths.
The appoi tme t follows a comp ehe sive successio pla i g a d sea ch p ocess led by a subcommittee of I ve tu e’s Boa d, co ducted with the assista ce of a leadi g executive sea ch fi m that evaluated both i te al a d exte al ca didates.
“O behalf of the Boa d, I wa t to tha k Bill Haskell fo his leade ship a d dedicatio i buildi g I ve tu e i to the platfo m it is today, a d we wish him all the best i his well-ea ed eti eme t,” said Mike Otwo th, I ve tu e’s Executive Chai ma . “As we e te ou ext phase of g owth, we a e excited to welcome Bill G ieco as Chief Executive Office . Bill is al eady focused o developi g a agg essive fi st 100 days pla fo milesto e executio to facilitate I ve tu e fi ishi g the yea st o gly. I’m co fide t that I ve tu e stakeholde s will be pleased by Bill’s t a spa e cy a d p oactive commu icatio to ou sha eholde s a d busi ess pa t e s.”
D . G ieco cu e tly se ves as the fou di g Chief Executive Office of Refi ity, o e of I ve tu e’s ope ati g compa ies a d as boa d membe of Refi ity a d Accelsius. F om 2022 to 2024, he se ved as I ve tu e’s Chief Tech ology Office . P io to I ve tu e, D . G ieco was the CEO of The RAPID Ma ufactu i g I stitute® a d led R&D fo the $3 billio Buildi g Mate ials G oup at Owe s Co i g. He b i gs a lo g histo y of wo ki g alo gside multi atio al co po atio s to b i g diffe e tiated tech ologies to comme cial scale, togethe with the ope ati g discipli e of havi g led a compa y th ough its build-a d-scale phase. D . G ieco ea ed a PhD a d maste ’s deg ee f om the Massachusetts I stitute of Tech ology (MIT), a d a bachelo ’s deg ee f om Geo gia I stitute of Tech ology, all i Chemical E gi ee i g.
“I sha e the Boa d’s co fide ce that Bill G ieco is the ight leade fo I ve tu e’s ext chapte ,” said Haskell. “He u de sta ds ou model f om the i side, havi g helped guide ou ope ati g compa ies at the boa d level a d leadi g Refi ity as CEO. D . G ieco was also a key membe of the evaluatio team that led to the fou di g of Accelsius. He has bee a fou di g di ecto of Accelsius a d co ti ues to sit o the boa d. Give his depth of k owledge of both Accelsius a d Refi ity, coupled with his exte sive expe ie ce co-developi g the I ve tu e model, we thi k that he has the u ique ability to seamlessly lead I ve tu e. He has ea ed the t ust a d espect of ou multi atio al collabo atio pa t e s, i te al teams, a d the Boa d. I am co fide t I ve tu e will be i exceptio al ha ds.”
“I am ho o ed by the Boa d’s co fide ce a d g ateful fo eve ythi g Bill Haskell has built,” said D . G ieco. “I ve tu e’s model is u ique, a d it wo ks because it pai s b eakth ough tech ologies with the discipli e to lau ch a d g ow compa ies with compelli g value p opositio s. I i te d to focus o g owi g ou elatio ships with multi atio al pa t e s, scali g ou ope ati g compa ies p agmatically, a d c eati g value fo ou sha eholde s.”
D . G ieco will joi I ve tu e’s executive committee i co ectio with his appoi tme t a d fill the vaca cy c eated by M . Haskell’s pla ed eti eme t f om I ve tu e’s Boa d of Di ecto s o Octobe 1, 2026. He will also co ti ue to se ve o the boa ds of Accelsius a d Refi ity. Refi ity a d I ve tu e a e cu e tly wo ki g with a executive sea ch fi m a d ou co po ate pa t e to ide tify a well-qualified successo CEO fo Refi ity. D . G ieco will emai i his ole as Refi ity CEO u til Octobe 1, 2026.
I ve tu e, I c. (NASDAQ: INV), a i dust ial g owth co glome ate, focuses o buildi g compa ies with billio -dolla valuatio s by comme cializi g b eakth ough tech ology solutio s. By systematically c eati g a d ope ati g i dust ial e te p ises f om the g ou d up, I ve tu e pa ticipates i ea ly-stage eco omics a d p ovides i dust ial ope ati g expe tise desig ed fo global scale. I ve tu e’s app oach seeks to u iquely b idge the “Valley of Death” betwee co po ate i ovatio a d comme cializatio th ough its disti ctive combi atio of value-d ive multi atio al pa t e ships, ope atio al expe ie ce, a d scali g expe tise.
Ce tai stateme ts i this p ess elease a e “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” withi the mea i g of the fede al secu ities laws, i cludi g Sectio 27A of the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded, a d Sectio 21E of the Secu ities Excha ge Act of 1934, as ame ded. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e ofte ide tified by futu e o co ditio al wo ds such as “pla ,” “believe,” “expect,” “a ticipate,” “i te d,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “fo ecast,” “p oject,” “co ti ue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “will,” “pote tial,” “p edict,” “should,” “would” a d othe simila wo ds a d exp essio s (o the egative ve sio s of such wo ds o exp essio s), but the abse ce of these wo ds does ot mea that a stateme t is ot fo wa d-looki g.
The fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e based o the cu e t assumptio s a d expectatio s of futu e eve ts that a e i he e tly subject to u ce tai ties a d cha ges i ci cumsta ces a d thei pote tial effects a d speak o ly as of the date of this p ess elease. The e ca be o assu a ce that futu e developme ts will be those that have bee a ticipated. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i volve a umbe of isks, u ce tai ties (some of which a e beyo d the co t ol of the pa ties) o othe assumptio s that may cause actual esults o pe fo ma ce to be mate ially diffe e t f om those exp essed o implied by these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.
These isks a d u ce tai ties i clude, but a e ot limited to, those facto s desc ibed i I ve tu e’s public fili gs with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio , i cludi g but ot limited to the followi g: I ve tu e’s a d its subsidia ies’ ability to execute o thei st ategies, book sales a d achieve futu e fi a cial pe fo ma ce; developme ts a d p ojectio s elati g to I ve tu e’s a d its subsidia ies’ competito s a d i dust y; the impleme tatio , adoptio , ma ket accepta ce a d success of I ve tu e’s a d its subsidia ies’ p oducts, busi ess models a d g owth st ategies; I ve tu e’s a d its subsidia ies’ ability to ge e ate sufficie t eve ue a d ope ati g cash flow; the timi g a d mag itude of expected cash expe ditu es; the availability, timi g a d te ms of additio al fi a ci g, i cludi g debt o equity fi a ci g; ma ket co ditio s affecti g access to capital; pote tial dilutio esulti g f om futu e fi a ci gs; I ve tu e’s ability to successfully impleme t cost eductio i itiatives; cha ges i eco omic co ditio s; competitive p essu es; egulato y developme ts; I ve tu e’s ability to mai tai co t ol ove its subsidia ies.
Fo wa d‑looki g stateme ts speak o ly as of the date of this elease, a d I ve tu e u de takes o obligatio to update them except as equi ed by law.
