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Tony DiCostanzo
Founder, BookPal bulk bookseller
40 Under 40, continued ...Published: May 01, 2011
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Tony DiCostanzo has an entrepreneurial drive and a passion for launching companies from startup to acquisition. After selling a health-care company in 2007, he’s been focused on BookPal, which sells books in bulk to business, education and government clients, such as the U.S. military, Fortune 500 corporations and school districts.
DiCostanzo has driven a sales growth of 200 percent in each of the last two years. Some of his orders total more than $1 million.
DiCostanzo’s business acumen began while paying his way through Pepperdine University. He assisted a management consultant in growing his firm from two to 10 professionals. He left to spend 10 years in corporate finance and strategic planning, working his way from financial analyst to CFO, including stops at businesses such as Cendant and Disney.
“Growing a business isn’t much different metaphorically than driving a car – to get somewhere, you need to know where you are going,” DiCostanzo says.
OC METRO'S 2011 40 UNDER 40
Natashia Tomek | Mike Sheets and Avi Pai | Doug Francis
Genoveva Meza Talbott | Matt Prince | Ash Kumra | Mike Levin
Nicole Suydam | Tony DiCostanzo | John Yarrington
Berenika Schmitz | Naushad Huda | Jasun Weiner | Matt Brown
Matthew K. Stewart | Caterina Hall | Annie Le | Theo Rokos
Theresa Watts | Alejandro Angulo | Joshua Colover
Carolyn Morgan | Steve Ribultan | Morgan McKean
Laurie Rowen and Erin Giglia | Michael Wulf | Ali Sabet
Janice Voshall | Tirzah Lowe | Lindsay Pavlik Lawrence
Scott Slater | Luca Cesarini | Kristen Cuffee-Brown | Mike Smith
Jonathan Rettinger | Robyn Annan Webb | Garrett Calacci
Molly Jo Rosen | Bryan Starr | Inga Sanders
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Tony DiCostanzo has an entrepreneurial drive and a passion for launching companies from startup to acquisition. After selling a health-care company in 2007, he’s been focused on BookPal, which sells books in bulk to business, education and government clients, such as the U.S. military, Fortune 500 corporations and school districts. DiCostanzo has driven a sales growth of 200 percent in each of the last two years. Some of his orders total more than $1 million. DiCostanzo’s business acumen began while paying his way through Pepperdine University. He assisted a management consultant in growing his firm from two to 10 professionals. He left to spend 10 years in corporate finance and strategic planning, working his way from financial analyst to CFO, including stops at businesses such as Cendant and Disney. “Growing a business isn’t much different metaphorically than driving a car – to get somewhere, you need to know where you are going,” DiCostanzo says. OC METRO'S 2011 40 UNDER 40 Natashia Tomek | Mike Sheets and Avi Pai | Doug Francis Genoveva Meza Talbott | Matt Prince | Ash Kumra | Mike Levin Nicole Suydam | Tony DiCostanzo | John Yarrington Berenika Schmitz | Naushad Huda | Jasun Weiner | Matt Brown Matthew K. Stewart | Caterina Hall | Annie Le | Theo Rokos Theresa Watts | Alejandro Angulo | Joshua Colover Carolyn Morgan | Steve Ribultan | Morgan McKean Laurie Rowen and Erin Giglia | Michael Wulf | Ali Sabet Janice Voshall | Tirzah Lowe | Lindsay Pavlik Lawrence Scott Slater | Luca Cesarini | Kristen Cuffee-Brown | Mike Smith Jonathan Rettinger | Robyn Annan Webb | Garrett Calacci Molly Jo Rosen | Bryan Starr | Inga Sanders <<< Back to main page |
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