Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—Antonio Sustiel came to America 25 years ago with $400 in his pocket. Through perseverance, a little ingenuity and a lot of hard work, he parlayed that $400 into a small empire for himself complete with a mansion, luxury cars and a title: The Flooring King.
When Sustiel first came here, he worked flea markets, buying anything he could get his hands on and selling it for “a couple of pennies profit,” he says. That evolved into selling discount fragrances and cosmetics through a small chain of stores in Miami, which he sold seven years later for a tidy profit.