Sweet Success

After two decades of a near-workaholic existence as a turnaround executive in the restaurant industry, Gregg Kaplan thought retirement would be heavenly.

Instead, the onetime CEO of Cinnabon was bored. Says Kaplan: “You can only drink so much, play so much golf and smoke so many cigars until all of a sudden you run out of things to do.”

So Kaplan started a contracting business, with a focus on building and remodeling homes. Despite the economy, the firm, Longboat Key-based LBK Contractors & Design, has been successful. It has also provided Kaplan, 54, a new calling.