300 West Platt Street
Tampa, FL 33601
Phone: (813) 229-8021
Fax: (813) 229-2795
bwest@mewilson.com
www.mewilson.com

Billy has been the President of M.E. Wilson Company, Inc. since February of 2022. M.E. Wilson was Tampa’s oldest privately-held insurance agency. Prior to becoming President, Billy was Chief Revenue Officer & Managing Partner for 4 ˝ years, and a Partner for 7 years before that.

Billy is a graduate of Faulker University.

Insurance broker M.E. Wilson Company was founded in 1920 by Malcolm Eugene Wilson, and has developed a reputation of excellence with 100 years of service in the Tampa Bay community. Eugene Wilson, also known as Gene, ran his new business with the help of his wife Grace Wilson.

With a bent for community legacy, M.E. Wilson Company is deeply embedded in the fabric and culture of the city of Tampa. In fact, Malcolm Eugene Wilson, the original founder of M.E. Wilson, sought Ms. Grace Freeman’s hand in marriage soon after arriving in Tampa. In 1917, Grace was elected as the Queen of Gasparilla, a title which she retained for three years as a result of the United States’ entering World War I. During this time, Grace married and became Mrs. M.E. Wilson.

Grace Wilson was essential to the M.E. Wilson Company’s foundation. The agency’s first client came by way of the lovely Mrs. Wilson when a street car ride fated her meeting Frank Gannon, the then head of Tampa Electric (TECO). She is as deeply ingrained in the fabric of M.E. Wilson, as she was in the city of Tampa’s and Gasparilla.