If you ask employees of O&G Industries Inc. whether they “have confidence in the leader of this organization,” they may think of David Oneglia, the president and grandson of the company founder. Or they may think of Oneglia’s brother, Raymond Jr., or his cousin, Greg Oneglia — both executive vice chairman.
That’s because the trio of third-generation leaders at O&G, the large, diversified construction and materials company based in Torrington, share top responsibility for the family-owned corporation by heading separate businesses. And they do it, David Oneglia explained, along with members of the fourth generation in a way that combines competition and cooperation.
Whatever they do, it works well enough that the three men at the top have earned the confidence of employees in the 900-person company — the workforce varies depending on contract jobs — and so they share the Hearst Connecticut Media outstanding leadership award for large employers in the 2019 Top Workplaces contest.
David Oneglia, 67, like his brother and cousin, came up in the business founded by their grandfather in 1923, working summers there as a student. Never doubting his destiny of leadership at O&G, he studied civil engineering at Villanova and joined the company full time in 1974.
He started in the highway-building division, which his father, Raymond Sr., had run, but was winding down. The interstate system, after all, was almost done. David, seeing a need for constant highway work, built it up again and O&G remains one of the state’s premier contractors for roads and bridges. Today he runs the divisions for highways, bridges and poweer plants.
The following conversation was edited for length and clarity.
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