Morgan Richmond, 39

Morgan Richmond initially had no desire to get into the family retail furniture business.

His parents, Mark and Stephany Richmond, founded the company, The Furniture Warehouse, in 1988. The couple started humbly, buying a foreclosed warehouse south of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. It was built of metal, didn't have air conditioning and had previously been home to a farmers market. Some four decades later the company has six locations, from Port Charlotte to Ellenton, and does more than $40 million in sales a year. It’s building a new corporate warehouse and headquarters in Bradenton, which is expected to be ready later this year.

Photo by Mark Wemple