St. Pete car audio company to break $100M in revenue

Tampa native Kevin Schlenker knew he would become a businessman, but unbeknownst to him, that path would lead him to drop out of college and create a company that is now on track to top $100 million in revenue.

"As much as I had the ability to do well in school, I wasn't excited about it. I was getting bored," said Schlenker, the founder and CEO of Skar Audio, a car audio products distribution company in St. Petersburg.

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Human trafficking data has a home in St. Pete

Florida lawmakers have tasked researchers at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with collecting and disseminating mountains of human trafficking data to better understand and mitigate the crime.

Recently signed legislation made the USF Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Research Lab the statewide repository for information collected by myriad statewide sources. Facility officials will now oversee a unified database that they believe will transform how law enforcement and various stakeholders look at human trafficking.