As the magazine celebrates this year’s Top 50 Contractor profiles, we have selected New Image Drywall to represent the pack. Just shy of its dozen year mark, the subcontractor began when things were flaming hot—and then the carpet was pulled out from under its feet when the Great Recession hit. No doubt, this period must’ve been a hard lesson to learn in the company’s formative years but nonetheless the time to experience the joys and pains of contracting early on. But as you’ll read, the company’s business model suggests nothing but growth and maturity, as business continues to climb.
“My father is a general contractor and I was hired by him at the age of 12 to sweep floors,” says Jeff Genova, president and CEO of New Image Drywall. “I fell in love with the industry after working side by side with him over the next 12 years. Eventually, I ventured out on my own in 2003 and never looked back. To this day, my father still owns a successful firm and is very proud of what we have accomplished after starting from scratch, just like he did.”