Ryan Foizey is in the April 2026 issue of St. Louis Small Business Monthly, alongside 99 other St. Louisans the publication is telling its readers they ought to know if they want to succeed in business. We’re proud of him. We’re also not surprised.
For the unfamiliar: SBM’s annual “100 St. Louisans You Should Know” list is one of the longest-running recognitions of the people who actually move the needle in the St. Louis business community. The list reads like a working directory of the bankers, attorneys, CPAs, founders, and operators who quietly keep the regional economy upright. It’s not a popularity contest. The people on it tend to be the ones other people on it call when something matters.
Ryan earning a spot on that list is exactly the kind of recognition we like — earned in the work, not in the self-promotion.
Why Ryan
If you’ve worked with Seafoam for any length of time, you already know what Ryan brings to the room. He’s the person clients call when the strategy needs a second brain, the project needs an honest read, or the conversation needs someone who can hold both the marketing and the business reality in the same sentence without flinching.
He’s spent his career building the kind of relationships that don’t show up in a portfolio screenshot. The kind where a client calls three years after a project wrapped to ask what he thinks about a hire, an acquisition, or a pivot. That’s the work that compounds, and it’s the reason his name belongs on a list like this one.
What the list actually represents
The 100 St. Louisans list is interesting because of what it implicitly defines: succeeding in business in this city looks less like building the loudest brand and more like being the most trusted person in your category. Almost every name on this year’s list is someone who has built a long arc of competence and follow-through inside an industry — not someone who showed up last quarter with a flashy pitch deck.
That fits Seafoam’s read on what makes a business durable. The brands that last in St. Louis are the ones run by people who answer the phone, do the work, and tell the truth about what’s possible. The same goes for the people who serve them.
Congratulations, Ryan
Recognition is nice. The reason it matters is that it tracks. Ryan didn’t get on this list because we sent in a slick nomination form — he got on it because the people he’s worked with over the years have been telling other people in St. Louis to call him.
That’s the only kind of business development that actually compounds. Glad to see him recognized for it, and glad he’s on our team.
You can find the full April 2026 list of 100 St. Louisans You Should Know on St. Louis Small Business Monthly’s site or in the print edition on newsstands now.
