Richard Willich

PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Richard Willich, the chief executive officer of Medical Development International in Ponte Vedra Beach, doesn’t believe in giving people handouts. But he believes in helping them reach their full potential.

This isn’t simply a motto, it’s a business practice.

For example, when Willich went to buy a television at Sears recently, the convincing salesman sold him three. Willich wasted no time asking the young man to come work for him.

That man will be one of the first employees who will move to the new MDI headquarters in Nocatee this Thanksgiving. Willich is opening the first business in the massive, evolving development west of Ponte Vedra Beach, which has only homes now, no commercial developments. Read More…