- June 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Andrew Stype at his Mattituck office last week. (Credit: Brianne Ledda)
When Andrew Stype first started working for his family business in 1971, he hated it.
His father, Valentine Stype Sr., had founded Andrew Stype Realty — which covered both insurance and real estate at the time — only seven years earlier and he needed help. Mr. Stype’s older brother, Valentine Stype Jr., was in the Air Force and his younger brother, Joh, was in high school, so it fell to him. He quit college, where he was studying accounting, and started working with insurance premiums out of his father’s office in Ronkonkoma.
“But the problem was, Dad bought this insurance agency-real estate office from a guy who was having some health issues,” Mr. Stype explained. The office was a mess.
At the time, his job was to make sure everyone was paying their premiums. He drove to…
