Genevieve Casagrande, 26

Genevieve Casagrande started at SeaSucker in January 2018 as operations director. In January of this year, she took over as president.

“The way I work, I get my hands dirty,” Casagrande says. “I’m the first person in and last person out. In the span of a year, I got a really good sense of the company.”

Casagrande’s father, Chuck Casagrande, is the founder and CEO of SeaSucker, a Bradenton-based manufacturer of bike racks and marine accessories with 32 employees and $4.10 million in revenue in 2018. “It’s a blessing for my dad to be able to focus on the things he really likes doing,” such as new product development, Genevieve Casagrande says.