Sale has never been a dirty word to John Tatum, vice president of strategic lending at Pegasus Community Credit Union in Dallas.
Even as a child, the latest Trailblazer 40 Below had an entrepreneurial spirit and knack for identifying ways to leverage opportunities by delivering added value.
Growing up on a tiny island in the Caribbean, an eight-year old Tatum started a yard cleaning and supply business where he would offer to clean the yards of individuals and local companies and restock product when needed. Within a few months, he recognized the potential to work with local dive shops and every morning he would go to the nearby airstrips, welcome tourists and sell them on the dive shop packages.
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