Bobby Harris, 39

Bobby Harris is one of Tampa’s quintessential entrepreneurs. Harris is founder and CEO of freight and logistics provider Blue Grace Logistics, ranked as the 20th fastest-growing private company on the Inc. 500. A two-time finalist of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, Harris has always had a desire to do things his way.

Starting his career at 18 years old working on the docks for Southeastern Freight Lines, Harris worked his way up through operations management. At 20 he was running an outbound facility, and at 22, he was working in sales.