Anthony Soave’s Soave Enterprises is Built on Hard Work and Strong Leadership Soave’s father, Nicholas, was an Eastern Market grocer in Detroit. His strong work ethic kindled an entrepreneurial spirit in his teenage son, Anthony Soave. Young Anthony Soave also admired an uncle who was a general contractor. During his opportunities to work alongside his uncle, Anthony learned many life lessons. Family Lessons Soave reminisces, “I had an ambition back in high school of becoming a contractor and building a business,” he recalls. “I didn’t think it was anything extraordinary at the time.” Soave admired his uncle and sought more opportunities to work alongside him. He once missed a varsity football awards ceremony to assist his uncle with a project, rolling rocks up the freeway embankment on a Saturday. “My uncle urged me to go to the ceremony, but finishing the job with the rest of the crew seemed more important right then,” says the former All-City football tackle. Experiences like this formed a lifelong work ethic within Anthony Soave, teaching him the value of hard work and dedication, no matter the task. Beginning the Business Soave sought a business career early on. In fact, he waived offers of several college football scholarships to pursue his own construction contracts. In 1961, with a used truck and a lot of optimism, young Anthony Soave started building the early foundation of his future career. Five years later, Soave was married to his sweetheart, Darlene Jasmund, and within one year was part owner in a Utica landfill business. As operating partner, Anthony Soave helped the company grow. He also began acquiring new businesses by taking ownership of other struggling waste management companies. Expansion and Growth “That’s when I stepped into the big time,” shares Soave. In the mid-1970s, Soave acquired a larger firm’s business, collection site, and 240-acre landfill in Sumpter Township. At this point, Soave was running a small crew of equipment operators, but the new acquisition required a change. Soave took the business seriously and created an official corporation. With the birth of City Management Corporation, Soave began searching for the executive team that he needed to guide the new business. This new team, became the founding core of Soave Enterprises. “Until then, I handled most everything myself,” stated Soave. “Now today, I have the support of my incredible executive leadership team, who I am so proud to work with.” As a team, the executive team and key corporate management members of Soave Enterprises continue to lead the company in new ventures today. The Executive Team of Soave Enterprises directs the organization and its portfolio companies by providing the strategic guidance, support and resources necessary to allow the individual companies to grow and thrive in their respective markets. Anthony Soave and Soave Enterprises Today Soave Enterprises is a diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony Soave that provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures in the real estate, automotive retailing, beer distribution, scrap metal, industrial services and transportation industries, among others. Today, Soave Enterprises is providing growth capital and other resources to its portfolio of companies,
which collectively generate annual sales in excess of $1.5 billion. The Soave investment strategy currently focuses on expansion within existing industries. It brings new vitality to acquired businesses and lays the groundwork for new ventures compatible with its recognized management strengths and ample financial resources. For more information on Anthony Soave and Soave Enterprises, please visit http://www.soave.com. Soave Enterprises 3400 E Lafayette Detroit, MI 48207 313-567-7000 http://www.soave.com