TOM ANGELO & KASSIDY ANGELO
Founder and Director, Gioia Hospitality Group
“When the chance introduced itself to open Daniel’s in Fort Lauderdale, we occurred to be at our favourite spot collectively, within the area of Puglia, the place hospitality reigns supreme,” Tom recollects. “I introduced the chance to Kassidy to create a model and produce a world-class eating expertise to Fort Lauderdale, the city the place she grew up. She was working at J.P. Morgan on the time within the Non-public Financial institution, and after she gave it some thought, determined to see if we might make it work collectively.”
And make it work, they’ve. Daniel’s was simply acknowledged as a Michelin-recommended restaurant and has had prospects raving because it opened its doorways. Behind the scenes, the 2 have mastered the artwork of working in concord. “Kassidy retains me on a really brief leash!” Tom jokes, then provides, “In all seriousness, it’s typically not straightforward, however we attempt to set boundaries, as there are many stresses incumbent to operating the enterprise.”
“I admire my dad’s grit and the unwavering perseverance he’s proven all through his life,” Kassidy says. “It’s each shifting and motivating to witness the dedication and love he invests in our enterprise, together with the numerous sacrifices he’s made for our household.”
JULIO CABRERA & ANDY CABRERA
Maestro Cantinero, co-owner and founder, and Head Cantinero, Café La Trova
Julio and Andy’s teamwork began manner again—”after I was nearly 4 years outdated,” Andy says. “My father would educate me aptitude and I’d make appearances at his competitions. Later, I made a decision to dedicate myself to this career, and we’ve been working collectively ever for the reason that opening of Café La Trova.”
In the present day, Andy is his father’s “proper hand man—within the morning, I assist him with any emails or new initiatives, and within the night, I run the bar so he can deal with being a number to the friends.”
Collectively, they’ve loved gorgeous success—Café La Trova was ranked 13th on the checklist of The World’s 50 Greatest Bars Listing in 2024, the one Florida bar to earn a spot that yr—and overcome troubled instances. “The 2020 COVID Pandemic was one of many hardest challenges we’ve ever confronted,” Andy says. “We had been struck with the worry of the opportunity of by no means opening once more.” However they pivoted, beginning a Blissful Hour video collection on Instagram the place they’d publish a basic cocktail on daily basis till they had been in a position to open Café La Trova’s doorways once more.
“Working with household is hard — it’s not for everyone,” Andy notes. “You’ll get examined, you’ll get demoralized, however you can not surrender. When you perceive that it’s all give and take and also you study to harmoniously work collectively, you’ll create a lovely bond.”
BILL FEINBERG & KARA FEINBERG
President and Director of Advertising and marketing, Allied Kitchen & Tub
“I bear in mind going to work with my dad on ‘take your baby to work’ days and I used to be all the time so excited to spend the day with him and see what he did,” Kara Feinberg Cohen fondly recollects. “I can say that what impressed me to work with my dad as I obtained older was that precise purpose: an opportunity to spend on daily basis collectively. I’ve had different jobs all through the years and since I returned to Allied after taking a while off to have my children, I really feel that, professionally, I’ve realized essentially the most from him.”
Their typical workday begins with a assembly to assessment the day’s priorities and job particulars. “We spend loads of time teaching our crew collectively and desirous about how we will help and strengthen our staff,” Kara says. “My dad’s often juggling a little bit of all the pieces, whereas I focus extra on advertising and marketing. We collaborate usually on advertisements, social media content material, and concepts for the web site—it’s a artistic rhythm we’ve developed collectively.”
However variations will come up. “We’re each passionate and have robust concepts,” Kara says. “However my dad offers me loads of freedom to discover my very own path, which has been empowering andsparked a lot of creativity. At the similar time, I by no means take for granted the knowledge he brings. Itrust his perspective and genuinely worth his suggestions. It’s a stability, however one constructed on mutual respect.”
CRAIG ZINN & ZACHARY ZINN
President & CEO and Company Officer, Craig Zinn Automotive Group
“I grew up very concerned within the business—my father was Florida’s first Toyota supplier,” says Craig Zinn, founding father of Craig Zinn Automotive Group. “In 1981, I took that basis and began what’s now our household enterprise.” His son, Zachary, adopted go well with early on. “I began within the components division at Acura of Pembroke Pines after I was in center faculty,” Zachary recollects. “I all the time appeared as much as my dad and admired how a lot he dedicated to the enterprise and the neighborhood.”
From faculty research in Automotive Advertising and marketing and Finance to an internship at Spyker within the Netherlands, Zachary was deliberate in his preparation. “It’s been necessary to me to know each facet of the enterprise earlier than entering into management,” he says.
Their father-son dynamic is rooted in mutual respect. “Within the workplace, we’re colleagues who occur to be household,” says Craig. “That readability permits us to make choices based mostly on what’s greatest for the corporate.” Zachary provides, “We talk usually and preserve our deal with shared targets.”
Craig’s method for fulfillment begins by defining one another’s roles. “Let your children earn their place and permit them the house to steer.” Zach provides, “Be intentional in regards to the tradition you need to construct. For us, giving again is a part of that. By way of Subaru’s Share the Love program, we’ve donated greater than $1.6 million to companions like Joe DiMaggio Kids’s Hospital, together with funding an Animal-Assisted Remedy endowment. We additionally help the Humane Society of Broward County and host adoption occasions year-round. When your online business displays your values, success turns into about extra than simply numbers.
TOM MCCAWLEY & MARK MCCAWLEY
Periodontists, McCawley Heart for Laser Periodontics
“Mark labored within the workplace from a really early age and within the second grade he instructed his instructor that he needed to be a periodontist like his dad,” Tom McCauley proudly replies when requested how the father-son duo ended up in enterprise collectively at McCauley Dental.
Blood ties them collectively, however a shared dedication to their sufferers’ dental well being brings a synergy to their skilled partnership. Tom, who has practiced in Fort Lauderdale for over 50 years, brings focus and dedication, which, mixed with Mark’s conscientiousness and honesty for a method that works.
In relation to challenges, they know to count on them, so that they overcome these by taking them in stride. Respecting one another’s perspective and speaking out their variations additionally helps preserve issues working easily. When requested what he would advise to these pondering of working alongside relations, Mark says, “Be sure to get alongside earlier than you begin working collectively professionally and make sure to have fun one another’s strengths and overlook their weaknesses.”
RAY CHEHATA AND SONS DAVID & ANDREW CHEHATA
Tri-County Sweeping Companies
“Our father’s all the time been an entrepreneur,” says David Chehata of his father, Ray, proprietor of Tri-County Companies, which has been in enterprise for greater than 30 years. “Each enterprise he had, he tried to include us as greatest as he might so we might study from a younger age.” That early publicity formed their path, however all the pieces modified in 2020. “Ray was positioned in a coma resulting from COVID and was getting ready to dying,” Andrew recollects. “As soon as he wakened, it lit a spark in him. He needed to succeed in his purpose of educating his children enterprise.”
In 2021, that imaginative and prescient turned actuality with the household’s acquisition of Tri-County. “He had the chance to reunite his boys and educate them all the pieces from his previous experiences,” says David.
Balancing private {and professional} lives comes naturally to the trio. “We had been all the time nice at separating the 2,” Andrew explains. “From a disagreement in a gathering to ‘goodbye for dinner.’”
Their personalities complement one another. “Ray is the fighter,” says David. “David’s the voice of purpose,” provides Ray. “And Andrew sees points at face worth.”
Their proudest second? “Proudly owning our constructing,” Andrew says. “Ray navigated the deal and guided us each step of the way in which.”
Ray’s rule stays clear: “Enterprise is enterprise and private is private. By no means let one destroy the opposite.”
