A PARENT’S BEST EMPLOYEE IS A CHILD’S BEST EMPLOYEE

Gina Locklear relied on her parents’ right-hand man, Vance Veal, to reconfigure Emi-G’s machinery and otherwise prepare the plant to produce her high-end organic socks. She could not have managed without him, and Veal—who had been with the company almost two decades—was thrilled to have a new challenge.