20-40 Visionaries — Young Turks Set the Pace

In 1999, Quadracci was recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of its top “40 Under 40” young executives across the entire business sector. It comes as no surprise that his father molded his core value beliefs and insights into managing a company.

“My father was gifted at business because he was gifted at interacting with people and building relationships,” he says. “If there’s one piece of his wisdom that remains with me today, it is this: Have fun, make money and don’t do business with anybody you don’t like. He would always say, ‘When you know people, you can trust people and trust is the foundation of successful business. If you don’t like somebody, it’s probably because you don’t trust them.’ ”