BizSense reporters sat down with five Richmond executives from different industries to hear about some of their most memorable summer jobs growing up. Their stories included flipping omelets, celebrity sightings, and monotonous factory days. Catch up on what you missed from the Summer School video series below:
Ken Wayland, Free Agents Marketing president
Wayland spent one high school summer in a Connecticut restaurant serving burgers to a couple of budding movie stars.
Andrew Rose, Comparenow.com CEO
Rose, the former CEO of Elephant Insurance, got an early introduction to sales during a nine-day gig at a state fair.
Kathleen Richardson, Urban Farmhouse Market & Café founder
Richardson’s local restaurant and cafe brand will soon be in five locations around Richmond. She started working in the restaurant business as a 15-year-old Waffle House waitress.
Gary LeClair, LeClairRyan co-founder
The co-founder and chairman of downtown law firm LeClairRyan held a variety of odd jobs growing up, including a summer putting together windows in a New Jersey glass factory.
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Jeff Cooke, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer broker
Before Cooke started handling some of Richmond’s largest commercial real estate sales, he worked a union job hauling wood around construction sites.
BizSense reporters sat down with five Richmond executives from different industries to hear about some of their most memorable summer jobs growing up. Their stories included flipping omelets, celebrity sightings, and monotonous factory days. Catch up on what you missed from the Summer School video series below:
Ken Wayland, Free Agents Marketing president
Wayland spent one high school summer in a Connecticut restaurant serving burgers to a couple of budding movie stars.
Andrew Rose, Comparenow.com CEO
Rose, the former CEO of Elephant Insurance, got an early introduction to sales during a nine-day gig at a state fair.
Kathleen Richardson, Urban Farmhouse Market & Café founder
Richardson’s local restaurant and cafe brand will soon be in five locations around Richmond. She started working in the restaurant business as a 15-year-old Waffle House waitress.
Gary LeClair, LeClairRyan co-founder
The co-founder and chairman of downtown law firm LeClairRyan held a variety of odd jobs growing up, including a summer putting together windows in a New Jersey glass factory.
:
Jeff Cooke, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer broker
Before Cooke started handling some of Richmond’s largest commercial real estate sales, he worked a union job hauling wood around construction sites.