Catalog of the Year Awards

By Gabrielle Mosquera

At a time when his 20-year-old college peers were worrying only about exams, Paul DiGiovanni was taking over his late father’s business, a small retail store selling religious books and gifts to Phoenix-area churches.

Thirty years later, that store has grown into Autom, a multi-title mailer offering churches, resellers and consumers religious products exclusively sourced from around the world. And it’s largely credited to the leadership and dedication of Paul DiGiovanni.