For more than 30 years, Howard Glickberg has led Fairway Market in achieving the high standard of excellence established when his grandfather founded the market before World War II. Howard came back to the family business in 1974 when it was clear that Fairway was suffering under absentee management.
Howard and his dedicated team spent the next 20 years adding specialty food items, expanding the space, and building Fairway Market into a New York City icon.
He has been named Entrepreneur of the Year from Deloitte & Touche and Business of the Year by the Westside Chamber of Commerce. With his partners, he was named to the Top 50 Influential Businessmen in NYC by Crain's in 1997.
Well, I had two partners in the business. I was the lead partner; I always ran the business. It was always considered our family business. They both decided to retire. So, I had a quandary. Do I buy them out, go to the bank and borrow a lot of money? If I did that, I would stunt our growth. W...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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