Andrea Biagi has been with Biagi Bros., Inc. for more than 30 years — and has helped run the company for a majority of that time.
The Napa-based transportation and warehousing company was started by her family in 1970s.
Biagi earned a bachelor of science degree in health management from California State University Chico and then a Juris Doctor from Taft Law School. In 2022 she was named president of the Biagi Bros.
When asked about the secret to keeping a family business going for so long, Biagi replied, “Hard work, don’t sweat the small stuff and a little luck!”
Today Biagi Bros. has more than 700 employees, owns more than 300 tractors and 1,000 trailers, and operates 7.4 million square-feet of warehouse space and more than 30 distribution centers located across the U.S.
It’s a family business. My father and uncle started it 40-plus years ago. I started working in the warehouse as a young kid. I worked on the repack line, packing wine.
3. What do you love about your job?
I love the people that I get to work with. Relationships are the best part.
4. What is the biggest challenge your business has faced?
Government regulations.
5. Who do you most admire in the business world?
My father Fred Biagi and my uncle Greg Biagi.
6. If you could change one thing about your business, what would it be?
I would change the age (currently 21) that drivers are allowed to drive commercially. Then we could attract young people out of high school to the career, like other trades.
7. What’s your favorite gift to give?
Wine, of course!
8. What’s your favorite charity or nonprofit?
I try to give locally and to a cause close to my heart. Some would be Catwalk for a Cure, Redwood Empire Food Bank and The Living Room.
9. What’s something people might be surprised to know about you?
I have horses. Right now, I have three quarter horses.
10. What is one thing you hope to accomplish in your lifetime that you haven’t yet?
Travel to Australia and Japan.
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