- June 20, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Family Business
It’s a family business at Caton Commercial Real Estate Group. But it hasn’t always been this way.
Bill Caton founded the business in 1984. Though his son and daughter worked at the company as teenagers, they didn’t immediately follow in their father’s footsteps.
“I saw both of their personalities,” said Bill. “There was no way you could push them into anything, so I didn’t. In fact, I just pushed them away. And they both came back.”
Steve started working at the company in 2002, and Christina came on board in 2006.
“I was very protective of my dad and this is a tough business. It’s, [as] I said, trust comes in a lot and I wanted to be here to help sort of say no,” said Christina. “I say no a lot, but it’s because I want to protect what dad has built and all the efforts and what Steve has put into it.”
The brother-sister duo have both learned a lot from their father over the years.
“Sit in a room and watch my dad…
