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Stacey Stewart

Thompson Hospitality Corp. President and Chairman Warren Thompson encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to work for a company in a particular sector before trying to make it on their own in that industry. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Jan 29, 2021

Leadership lessons

Warren Thompson got his start as an entrepreneur at age 16, buying out his family’s hog business. It was a sideline enterprise his father had started at their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains to supplement his income as a teacher. Today, Thompson is the president and chairman of Reston-based Thompson Hospitality Corp., the nation’s […]

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