Max Spiegel, 34

Growing up, Max Spiegel frequented coin shows as he was an avid coin collector. Now, he’s turned that into a career as the president of Certified Collectibles Group, one of the largest collectible grading companies in the world. 

Spiegel has worked for Lakewood Ranch-based CCG since he graduated college in 2010. “I don’t think it would have been possible, for myself at least, had I not been patient,” he says. 

Spiegel hasn’t always been patient, with, he admits, more to learn in that area. It becomes especially difficult, he says, when the return on investment isn’t immediate, but instead may take years.