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SCOTT STURGILL
Local Entrepreneur, Family Man, Born Leader B Y P E R L A B. C R O S B Y
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cott Sturgill is a homegrown leader. Sturgill was raised in Seminole County and graduated from Seminole High School. He then went on to earn a Business Administration degree from Flagler College. Sturgill's career began with a boutique investment firm in Lake Mary. Knowing that he “wanted to control his own destiny,” in 2006 he purchased a safety products supply company. The company was sold in 2009. In 2010, Sturgill and his mother started Durable Safety Products in Longwood. The business is now headquartered in Sanford, where Sturgill serves as the CEO. Family is important to Sturgill. Even though his parents divorced and remarried, they encouraged a tight-knit family. Sturgill is the proud father of sixteen-year-old Sofia, who is in the Health Academy at Seminole High, and twelve-year-old Alyssa, who attends the Pre-IB Program at Sanford Middle School.
I have witnessed Sanford go through the revitalization of downtown, from the Riverwalk being brought to life along with developing the SR-46 corridor out to I-4, but the thing that impresses me about Sanford the most is our community. We have had our share of tragedies—from the tornadoes in 1998 to Trayvon Martin—but the Sanford community always comes together, and we grow as a family.
Other than being the father of two teenage daughters, what is your greatest accomplishment?
I have enjoyed building our company, Durable 10 M Y S A N F O R D M A G A Z I N E | S U M M E R 2 0 2 2
Scott Sturgill
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As a fourth-generation Floridian, what are the most positive changes you’ve seen in the Sanford area?
