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future there.” In time, however, Doherty made the decision to come into the business, reasoning, “If I’m going to jump off the cliff, I want to do it now and not 20 years from now.” Doherty says he started in sales to “get his feet wet,” and jokes that “I was on probation after six months due to lack of sales, so they had to move me to production.” Eventual- ly, though, Doherty settled into key roles of purchasing roll stock and converting equipment, responsibilities which he still carries in his role as CEO. Kevin Doherty, Sales Manager, is the son of Bob Doherty and thus succeeds his father in that role. Kevin is a relative newcomer to the Weber team, joining a mere nine years ago following a successful career at Lock- heed-Martin. Said Kevin of his transition into the business: “At Lockheed-Martin, I was one of 130,000 people. Even if I did a good job, I felt as though I were irrelevant. When I looked at what was happening at Weber, I could see that the business was growing. I didn’t really expect to get into it, but I could see it was growing. It is very motivating to be part of the group that controls it.” Jim Zambon is the brother-in-law of Jim Doherty III, hav- ing married his sister Barbara Doherty Zambon. Zambon also began his career at Weber early on – in 1992 – mov- ing from Indiana, where he was a regional manager of a small pharmacy chain. “The company’s first accountant didn’t last very long and Weber needed one,” he said. “Jim Doherty asked me if I was interested in coming aboard.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 28
nothing is changing; we have the same equipment; give us a chance.’” The driving force in the newly established business, however, was Jim Doherty Jr. himself. Bob recalls, “Jim was very inspirational on the plant floor – very inspirational. He got everybody behind him and behind us. He really came across that he was just a Philly guy like all of them – a young guy that grew up in Philadelphia, moved to South Jersey. ‘I have a family just like you guys; this is my money; I need all of you to pull on the rope in the same direction.’ And they did.” A Solid Family Foundation The founders of modern-day Weber Display & Packag- ing found value in restoring a recognized name and the appeal of working in a family-run organization; the next generation is building on this tradition. Jim Doherty III, the second generation of Dohertys to oversee the company, joined his father in the business in 1992. He had his own successful career in residential real estate, and he was re- luctant to come into the family business in part, he said, because he felt his father’s personal sales relationships were unique to him and wouldn’t guarantee future suc- cess. Said Doherty: “I told my father, ‘You’re a broker and all the relationships are with you. If something happened to you, it doesn’t automatically mean that all the business is going to go forward with me.’ So I did not see a bright
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