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WTR knows a great way to rebel against the what’s expected with a regular 9-5 job, is to become your own boss. Enter, the entrepreneur. Tony Salloum, President and founder of VAC Motorsports in Philadelphia, has done just that for 35 years. Follow Tony’s story as he talks about his passions and gives his blueprint for success.

Tony Salloum
tony@vacmotorsports.com
VAC Motorsports
1-(215) 462-4666

2501 Snyder Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19145

VAC Facebook
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[0:00] Wealth tactic Rebels. Ingenious tactics to accumulate wealth. For people who see things differently.

[0:18] Welcome to another discussion Wealth Tactic Rebels. The podcast for people who see things differently. I'm your host, Kevin Dumont, and I've been thinking differently in the wealth field for well over 10 years now.

Today I'm joined by a guest, Tony. Hi Tony. How are you? Good, Good. How are you Kev? Doing wonderful, having, having you

you. Wonderful having you too. Wonderful being with you, on this podcast.

Fantastic Tony, we love having you here, it's good times. This is not commonplace I would I would believe for my industry.

At least not in the wealth building industry. Perhaps not, but

Tony is an entrepreneur, and the wealth building industry, well, entrepreneurs love to build wealth. I think that's a rather fitting tale.

a lot of people start their lives with a job and a career, and they think that's the path they're going to go down. They might find out later that they want something more out of life.

They want to make their own job, career, path; become an entrepreneur, have their own business,

Tony is with VAC Motorsports. The founder of that. VAC has been around for 35 years this year. He's done quite well with that.

[1:37] And like many people he started, well as a regular job, and eventually found out that he wanted something more. There was some other bug that was biting him that he had to, he had to scratch that itch. Yah, yah.

It's true you know from when I was a little kid, my dad had a repair shop and he would take me to the repair shop at the age of eight really I started going. Started tinkering with cars.

[2:03] We're talking in the early 70s,

everything used to be repaired not like today's industry where you know it's just a lot of parts swapping so,

engines used to be rebuilt alternators used to be rebuilt,

shortly after my dad hurt his back and then decided that they didn't want to be in the automotive industry and then he had a thing for you know the kitchen as well so Middle Eastern cuisine called saloons Middle Eastern cuisine.

[2:38] In South Philadelphia. Well that took me out of my element.

I did continue to work on cars...