Q&A: Entrepreneur Paul Birkey just followed his mania. From: News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) | Date: September 18, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The News Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Kelly Kearsley

Sep. 18--If you considered only his history, Paul Birkey seems an unlikely leader of a company that builds custom yacht interiors. Birkey, owner of Belina Interiors in Tacoma, grew up in Jackson, Wyo., earned an English degree in college and moved to the Pacific Northwest with intentions of being a ski bum. He found his passion -- he calls it his mania -- almost by accident. Looking for employment in Seattle, he started with boat yards, though he k...

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