David LeenaDavid Leena
Mount Juliet, Tenn.
Pearl Drums sales
David Leena’s father turned out to be correct. The golf course is a great place to conduct business, he told his son a few decades ago.
Leena, a drums salesman, entertains executives from across the country and Japan when they come to town for corporate outings.
“It’s very expensive to play golf in Japan, and we’ll have meetings and turn them into corporate golf outings,” said Leena, who killed some time Tuesday at a local golf shop. “Golf seems to bring people together and breaks the ice for conversations about anything including business.”