CEO, SA Recycling
WHY: Runs one of the biggest scrap metal recycling companies in the U.S. Late father started predecessor company, Orange County Steel Salvage, in 1973.
RECENT: OC’s No. 4 fastest-growing large private company, $1.6 billion of sales through June, up 73% from mid-2017 levels.
QUOTABLE: The most important thing his father taught him “was to never give up, to never quit. No matter what happened, he just got back up and started swinging. My dad didn’t know what it was [like] to lose because he would never give up, therefore, he couldn’t lose.”
