MarineMax promotes Larry Russo, Jr., Alex Russo

MarineMax has announced the promotion of Larry Russo, Jr. to regional president of the Northeast (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York), and Alex Russo to general manager of all MarineMax Russo stores. 

“Since Russo Marine joined our family in May of 2016, Larry has grown and proven himself to be an important contributor to MarineMax,” said Brett McGill, chief operating officer at MarineMax. 

Larry Russo, Jr. was born into the marine industry working at his family’s boat dealership, previously known as Russo Marine. Throughout the years he worked in all facets of the boating business – in the yard, service, parts, sales, accounting and management. He graduated from Merrimack College with a degree in finance and economics.

Alex Russo also grew up working for his family’s boating dealership. Having started by washing boats and painting bottoms, he continued to learn the business advancing his roles from parts manager to operations manager, and now general manager. He graduated from University of Massachusetts Lowell with a degree in business and marketing.

“We are lucky to have veteran leaders currently running these markets with a seasoned and talented team behind them. This is a very important and growing part of our company and I look forward to their collective success as a team,” said McGill.