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SILVIO DI GREGORIO

Deveoper/Contractor in Thunder Bay

Age: 52

Hometown: Thunder Bay

Residence: Thunder Bay

Secretary-treasurer Bruno's Contracting, partner/founder of Nova-Pro Industrial Supply, Whitewater Golf Club, co-owner of more than 15 companies and prime site properties in Thunder Bay.

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Q What keeps you excited about your work?

"What drives us (as business people) is not really the money, it's really setting and accomplishing goals (and) seeing projects completed. Seeing the business plan work especially on projects that involve building where at the end you see a physical product, that's what makes us tick, knowing we've achieved what we've set out to do."

Q What's the best time of day for you?

"First thing in the morning. I'm in at work early. (It's) what I can get done before 8 a.m. and the energy level that's amazing. I get to work sometimes as early as four o'clock. If I've got something that's due for the next day. I'll pull an all-nighter. I'll go to bed until midnight and get up at one o'clock and go right through."

Q If you weren't in this line of work, what else would you likely be doing?

"A loaded question. When I was in university (at Western Ontario), I...