Entrepreneurial Spirit –Polischuk

Maybe not on a scale of a Bill Gates, or a Steve Jobs, but the package-pringing industry has its own list of entrepreneurs who have put everything on the line and came out on top. Congratulations to Ken Kidd, a real gentleman and the 2011 TLMI Converter of the Year, who is one more example that nice guys can finish first. He and three partners put all their own personal savings into their new company that had $0 in sales on the books and one printing press in a rented garage. He is finishing off his career as CEO of WS Packaging, a company with 18 plants and $400 million in sales. With a career spanning 45 years, this puts him in the same category with the likes of Gates and Jobs—staying power. See his story beginning on p. 14.