CEO
Now1 LLC
Eric Tryon has a long track record of achievements. He has started, grown, and sold multiple businesses over 30 years. Most recently, Eric was the founder and CEO of Premier Surfaces. He parlayed the lessons he learned over two and a half decades of professional success as an entrepreneur and business owner into shaping one of the nation’s largest and most profitable countertop and specialty surfaces companies in North America. He sold the business in 2017 and retired in 2018.
In 2002, Eric founded the award-winning Premier Surfaces, an Atlanta, Georgia-based stone fabrication and installation business. Eric was recognized as the City of Atlanta’s top entrepreneur in 2015. Most impressively, the company grew profitably in each of its 15 years, even in the face of a punishing economic depression. Eric’s company has an extensive list of awards & achievements, including the following:
• “Consumers Choice Award” in Atlanta each consecutive year from 2007-2015
• “Top 20 Best Places to Work” Atlanta in 2009, 2015, 2016
• Top 20 Entrepreneurs Atlanta 2012
• “Stone Fabricator of the Year for 2015” by Stone World Magazine
Eric is also one of the founding partners of The RockHead Group. The RockHead group is an industry peer association group of stone fabrication companies with 100+ members.
He serves on several boards of directors for organizations in the Atlanta area. He is an active investor in a few startups and has numerous commercial and residential real-estate interests. He also mentors several young emerging executives, specializing in leadership training and employee engagement for companies and teams. Eric is enthusiastic about helping others become more successful than they ever imagined. The coaching influence continues into Eric’s role for the past decade as a leadership & character coach for a Georgia 7A state championship high school football program.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT