OAKLAND COUNTY — Ziad Kassab, CEO of ZCD Transportation and VP of Guardian Angel Home Health Care Inc., is a member of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson’s Elite 40 Under 40 Class of 2013.  

Ziad Kassab

The program spotlights the top business and community leaders under the age of 40 who excel in their industry and show dynamic leadership. 

Kassab, 29, is this week’s featured class member, and was one of the top three finalists in the 2013 class. 

Kassab is also the founder and chairman of the D-Man Foundation (Danny’s Miracle Angel Network), a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing the lives of severely disabled patients. 

At the young age of only ten years old, a car struck Kassab’s younger brother.  The severity of his brother’s injuries forced Kassab to grow up quickly.  Working in his father’s supermarket since the age of seven allowed him to learn business at a young age, including customer service and inventory ordering.  

When the store was sold, Kassab began working in the family’s medical equipment company as a delivery driver.  He excelled quickly because of his familiarity with the equipment due to his brother’s ordeal.  

While doing that job, he quickly identified the need for quality and on-time non-emergency medical transportation.  At 19 years old, he decided to start ZCD Transportation.  In three years and with a great team, the company was able to expand to conduct 40-70 transports per day employing nearly 50 people, with customer service that is second to none.  

“Once I was able to build the management processes in my team at ZCD, I allowed it to run itself and moved to spend time in the home health care company my father started in 1994.  Since 2005 and again with a great team, we have successfully been able to open over a dozen new locations in the company in six states and counting,” Kassab said.