It seems Donelson Berger from a young age was destined to be involved in the seafood industry in some way.

"Fishing has been a hobby since I was five," said Berger, vice president of Florida-based seafood supplier Sea Lion International.

Ten months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, Berger returned for his second spell at the company to help revive its shrimp business, which had been shunted aside in favor of other priorities.

Growing up on his family's 30-acre apricot farm in the Los Altos Hills area of California, Berger learned much from his father who ran a number of successful businesss producing pulses such as beans and lentils.