The 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies: Geary Interactive
Monday, September 26 2005
No. 8
Geary Interactive
CEO: Andreas Roell
Location: 450 B St., Suite 950, San Diego 92101
2004 revenues: $7.7 million
2002-04 growth: 375 percent
No. of local full-time employees: 28
Web site: www.gearyi.com
CEO's secret to success: "Establish a dream and find people and a clear path that make it reality."
At age 31, Andreas Roell has had more careers than a cat has lives.
Among them: professional German soccer player, co-founder of Prime Player LLC, a victim of the dot-com crash, and now president of Geary Interactive, a full-service advertising agency in San Diego.
Still as ambitious as the first day he set foot on a soccer pitch, Roell wants to see Geary Interactive ranked among the top 50 online ad agencies nationwide by this time next year.
By then, the German-born entrepreneur also hopes to open several more offices, double his staff to 88 from its current 44 employees and win more high-profile clients.