Full name: Michael A. Polito
Title: President & CEO
Company: MAPP Construction, LLC
Age: 46
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Why do you do what you do?
To have fun.
What is your greatest professional accomplishment?
Still searching and striving for it.
What was your first job?
I ran the ball field at St. Louis King of France.
What is the best advice you've ever received?
People do business with people they like.
Who do you most admire in the local business community and why?
Todd Graves-Because he had a dream and did some crazy things to make it happen.
If you could have any job other than your own, what would it be?
Les Miles’ job!
If you started over, what would you do differently?
Start business earlier.
What is your prescription for life?
Smile & laugh.
What book are you currently reading?
Barack Obama – The Audacity of Hope
If you could have dinner with any three living people, who would they be? (Authors? Leaders?)
Thomas Sowell, William Buckley, Jr., Bill Clinton.
Who would play you in a movie?
Brad Pitt : )
What do you do to unwind?
Listen to music.
What is your favorite weekend activity?
Watching my children play sports.
What's your favorite spot in Baton Rouge?
Tiger Stadium.
How do you take your coffee/tea?
Don’t drink either.
What is your favorite movie? TV show? Band?
Grease & The Wizard of Oz, Boston Legal, The Beatles.
What is your favorite gadget?
My BlackBerry.
What is something that you can't live without?
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
If you could change one thing about Baton Rouge, what would it be?
Football season would be year round!
What is your greatest hope for Baton Rouge?
That it takes its rightful place as a great American city.
What is your greatest fear for Baton Rouge?
That we continue to allow people that will be dead in twenty years to tell us what our city should look like in twenty years.
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