Culture of Serving

Tony DiBenedetto was born to a heroin-addicted mother, lived with grandparents until they died and then lived in more than a dozen different homes in poor black neighborhoods and elsewhere.

“It was not normal growing-up stuff,” he says. “As a result, I'm pretty resilient.”

He culled from this unusual upbringing an unexpected character trait: the value of serving others. It is a trait that has served him and the company he co-founded, Tribridge Inc., in growing an average of 40% annually since its inception in 1998 — after taking out acquisitions.