Founder, Co-Owner, Fresh N’ Lean
WHY: With brother Thomas Asseo, runs ready-to-eat food-maker and deliverer in Anaheim. Sells vacuum-sealed ready to heat-and-eat meals to online consumers by mail. Started in 2010. Has 55K-SF facility off the (91) Freeway.
RECENT: Plan to scale has begun; stocking fridges for workers’ meals, other business lines.
NOTABLE: No. 4 among OC’s fastest-growing midsized private companies. $26.6M revenue through June, up 264% from mid-2017 levels.