STEVE TIERNEY

Steve’s introduction to entrepreneurial ventures began at age 21 when he formed an oil and gas investment firm. The company employed forty-two (42) sales associates and generated $4.3M in sales revenue in its second year of operations. Another entrepreneurial venture involved a commercial real estate brokerage firm he started that specialized in retail leasing and land sales.

For the past 20 years, Steve and his wife Susan have been building one of the larger magazine and online advertising rep firms in the Southwest. Tierney & Company, Inc. specializes in the sales of advertising and integrated marketing programs.

Tierney & Company, Inc. has had long standing relationships with national magazine brands such as Inc., Seventeen, Parenting, Baby Talk, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Motor Trend, Automobile, Technology Review. The online properties the company has represented include Fastcompany.com, Inc.com, Parenting.com, BeFitKids.com, Technologyreview.com, and Motor Trend.com.

Concurrent with the operations of their advertising business, the Tierney’s also launched a retail business five years ago in conjunction with Seventeen Magazine to grow a national chain of salons and spas targeted at teenagers.