GUY KING III
PRESIDENT, M.E. WILSON, TAMPA
M.E. Wilson provides corporate property and casualty insurance along with risk management. The firm also offers employee benefits consulting for larger employers and personal insurance for the high net worth market. Founded 100 years ago by King’s maternal grandfather, the firm employs 69 in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Fort Walton and Gainesville. King, president since 1985, started “as a basic homeowners policy salesman. Today, I consult on sophisticated captive insurance plans, directors and officers coverage and cyber-liability.”
| EDUCATION | University of Georgia (BBA) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I hybridize new varieties of hibiscus. |
| FLORIDA ISSUE | The state’s finances are not prepared for the next downturn. |
| ALTERNATE CAREER? | Marketing and advertising |
| PHILANTHROPIC PASSION | I am board chair of Gracepoint Wellness, the largest behavioral health organization in the Bay area. We need more effort and money for mental health in Florida. I’m a former chair and current board member of the Tampa YMCAs, the best youth development solution I know of in this state. |