Name: Dennis Serpone
Title: President
Company: New England Restaurant Brokers
Location: 580 Salem St., Ste. 32, Wakefield, Mass. 01880
Birthplace: Winhrop, Mass. Birth Date: 1943
Family: Divorced; two sons: Justin and Jordan
College: Lowell Technological Institute, BS Engineering; Suffolk University, MBA
First job unrelated to your current field: Raytheon Missile Systems, manufacturing design
First job in current field: Bolt Family Trust ... Disney World land sales
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? For the past 30 years we've represented both buyers and sellers of food and liquor businesses. In addition we provide management consulting and acquisition financing, detailed at www.nerestaurantbrokers.com. Future plans are to increase our staff of brokers from 11 to at least 15.
Hobbies: Having scored a hole in one, I now have only two hobbies ....golf and travel.
Favorite book: "A Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel
Favorite movie: "The Natural" with Robert Redford
Person you most emulate (outside of family): Sean Hannity
Keys to success: Perseverance. Never quit. Success is the journey, not necessarily the goal. The platform of success is a formal education, the process is hard work and determination. "Experience is priceless"
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Stock trader