SFBW celebrated the third annual Up & Comer Awards with a packed house June 16 at The Venue in Wilton Manors. The 350 attendees enjoyed cocktails and gourmet appetizers before adjourning to the ballroom, where Light Up the Night’s LED robots provided a high-energy start to the awards program. The presenting sponsor for Up & Comers was MassMutual Financial Group South Florida. The gold sponsor was Ytech International, and silver sponsors were Comcast Business and JM Lexus. To read the biographies of the winners, who were featured in the July issue of SFBW, visit https://goo.gl/3kewnA
Raul Valdes-Fauli of Professional Bank and Mike Valdes-Fauli of Pinta.ADT’s Alex Price accepts his technology category award from Comcast’s Jimmy Kelly and Gary Press.Benjamin Hodas accepts his legal category award, which was presented by Yamal Yidios of Ytech International and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press.Rick John Mijares and Paul Greenberg of American Social Bar & Restaurant.Michael, Barbara and Stephanie Mitrione, Ryan Dinsdale and RaeAnn Mitrione.Melissa Aguilar, Allison Morgan, Erik Sussman, Esther Francis and Sherri Hoffenberg of MassMutual Financial Group South Florida.Jenna Reed of the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce accepts her award for having the most likes on Facebook. Presenting the award are Greg Zeigler, general sales manager of JM Lexus, and SFBW Chairman and CEO Gary Press.The Light Up the Night LED robots provide an energetic beginning.Lisa Vogt and Michelle Homoky of Celebrity Cruises.A 2016 Lexus RC350 F-Sport greets attendees as they walk up the red carpet.
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If you are a longtime SFBW reader and are wondering what the heck I am doing back here with an editor’s column, well there’s a story behind that. It was
Drew Limsky
Editor-in-Chief
BIOGRAPHY
Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”
Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.
Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.
He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.
