2019 Family-Owned Business Awards: Guido Companies Inc.


Louis O. Guido Construction was established in 1927 by Louis Guido, an Italian immigrant and master carpenter who came to America as a young man. He worked in Pennsylvania on the railroads, earned U.S. citizenship by serving in the military and came to San Antonio via Muncie, Arkansas. At the time he started his company, Guido's main form of transportation was a bicycle.

Louis O. Guido Construction started building homes, then commercial buildings and later schools before adding landmarks such as…

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