Eliza Kendall, owner of Harwich, Mass., boutique portable sanitation company Eliza J, was just named in a CNN Money list of people with “surprising six-figure salaries.’’
Kendall, who was featured in the May 2008 issue of PRO, earns $100,000 to $120,000 annually, with 90 percent of her business in providing restrooms for weddings, according to CNN.
A former event planner, Kendall explained that there wasn’t a business that targeted portable restrooms for upscale events when she bought an existing company in 1996. She started with six restrooms and a small restroom trailer.
“Being brought up in a wealthier area, I understand understated elegance. It's not shag red rugs and plastic flowers – it's cleanliness and things like fresh water in the toilets, lattice work, fresh flower sprays to keep it smelling nice and motion-activated lighting,’’ she said in the CNN story. “I started going into Ritz-Carlton bathrooms to see what they do different from a Motel 6 and that's what I would do with my porta potties.
Kendall was joined on the CNN list by an over-the-road truck driver, a life coach, a window washer, a sports cameraman, a Realtor, a radio station account executive, a train conductor, a writer of furniture guides and a massage therapist. You can see the full story here: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/1108/gallery.surprising_six_figure_salaries/
