NEW BREED CEO NO ONE'S 'APPRENTICE' LOUIS DEJOY IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF GEORGE W. BUSH BUT SAYS THE CLINTON ERA WAS HIS MOST PROFITABLE.
Louis DeJoy could not live up to Donald Trump's vision of an executive .
"I'd be fired," said DeJoy, CEO of privately held New Breed Corp., a $170 million logistics and distribution company with 2,200 employees nationwide - 400 in Greensboro."That attitude that you are the most important person is self-destructive," he said, in reference to the TV show "The Apprentice." His business relies on a team of people, many of whom have been with him for a decade, he said.
DeJoy, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., recently won a prestigious Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year award for the Carolinas. He made headlines in 2004 as a heavy-hitting Bush supporter, along with his wife, Aldona, whom the president appointed ambassador to Estonia in August.
Critics accuse him for turning political connections into profit - about a quarter of his revenue derives from government contracts.
He does not hide his political affiliations, but DeJoy, 47, denies that his support for Bush - he and his wife each gave a maximum $25,000 to the Republican party and $2,000 to the presidential campaign in the recent election - has helped business.
His best government contract years were under President Clinton, when they made up about 95 percent of his business, DeJoy said.
The company folds and sorts mail bags and other delivery equipment for the U.S. Postal Service . It also manages logistics for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons protection gear for Marines in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places.
