| Tony Villelli has lived in North Idaho since he
was 14. His parents, Dick and Marie, moved Tony and four younger
bothers out of the rat race of southern California in 1986 to
Good Grief, Idaho. The move was a natural fit for five active
boys who loved the outdoors. Tony started high school as a
freshman at Bonners Ferry High, where he was involved in varsity
athletics as a starter on the football team for four years and
high school politics as the student body vice president in his
junior and senior years. Tony went on to college at Gonzaga
University in Spokane, Wash., where in four years he earned his
degree in Economics and Finance, while staying active by playing
rugby at the university. Immediately upon graduation in 1994
Tony took and passed his real estate exam for licensure in the
state of Washington, where he still holds a real estate license.
Without delay, following the acquisition of his Washington
license, Tony obtained his Idaho license, while working for his
family’s real estate development and management company,
Villelli Enterprises, Inc. Tony has been directly involved in
the management and development of many very large commercial and
residential properties in northern Idaho and eastern Washington,
most notably Hidden Lakes Golf Resort in Sandpoint.
In 1999 Tony married wife Susan and moved to Hayden Lake.
Tony and Susan now have three little girls, Marissa, Alysha and
Vanessa.
Tony still works for the five-decade, three-generation-old
Villelli Enterprises, Inc. in management and development
capacities but, as he puts it, “jumped at the opportunity” to
hang his license with a group as well renowned as Tomlinson
Sandpoint Sotheby’s International Realty in Sandpoint.
Growing up the family’s business was always part of daily
family life. It was only natural to become the first in my
generation (the third generation of Villelli’s) to be licensed
as a REALTOR®. With years of going to the office with my dad as
a youngster and over a decade of licensed experience, I cannot
imagine a job that I would be better suited for or that I would
enjoy this much! Real estate is what I love because it truly is
part of my family.
~ Tony Villelli |
