22  ILLINOIS BUSINESS LEADER
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
HISTORY
TIDY, LLC is a multi-custodial 
service company with more than 34 
years of experience in commercial 
and industrial cleaning services uti-
lizing innovative and environmental-
ly conscious practices. They provide a 
holistic cleaning service approach to 
meet all of their projects’ needs and 
deadlines. By using the most effective 
cleaning and eco-friendly methods, 
their bilingual staff is fully trained 
and available “On-Demand” to meet 
and exceed expectations.
	
TIDY, LLC is committed to 
providing personalized and depend-
able high-quality service in every 
project. TIDY has proven that they 
can far exceed expectations even in 
the most challenging, time-sensitive 
projects, with capabilities of starting 
projects immediately with limited 
notice. TIDY, LLC offers industrial 
cleaning, general office cleaning, san-
itation services, emergency cleaning, 
window washing, floor and carpet 
cleaning and more. 
	
Toyota Motor Sales was their first 
client and continues to use TIDY, 
LLC’ s services today.  
TELL US ABOUT YOUR 
JOURNEY TO STARTING 
THE BUSINESS
“My story is what makes me who I 
am today,” says Roberto Ramirez, 
President and CEO. “ I was born 
in Mexico and left to fend for us 
were Guadalupe, Jesus’ widow and 
her nine children. Fearing reprisals 
against her family, Guadalupe made 
Roberto Ramirez
President and CEO, TIDY LLC
the painful decision to leave Mexi-
co and migrate to the United States 
where she joined an uncle living in 
Chicago, Illinois.”  
	
To say that life was difficult for 
his family would be a vast under-
statement. At this point, Roberto 
made a conscious decision to leave 
school and his dreams behind in 
order to help support his family. Ro-
berto started out working 12-to-15-
hour days at several part-time jobs 
until 1982 when he began working 
full-time as a janitor for a cleaning 
Company.  
	
After five years of hard work, 
he decided it was time to put those 
valuable years of experience to the 
test. He asked the owner of the 
company if he could further develop 
his talents in a sales position. No one, 
including Roberto, would know how 
much determination the word “no” 
would evoke in him. With little more 
than $20 needed to open a checking 
account and $100 he borrowed from 
his mother, Roberto founded TIDY 
LLC, a full janitorial services compa-
ny. Growth came slowly at first and 
the hours Roberto invested to make 
his dream a reality was plentiful.  
	
In 1996, just six years after start-
ing his company, Roberto founded 
the Jesus-Guadalupe Foundation in 
1997. Named after his parents, (Jesus 
his father and Guadalupe his mother) 
Roberto was named in Illinois to the 
Governor’s Commission on Capital 
Punishment. At the same time, Ro-
berto was elected to the Board of Di-
rectors of Hispanics in Philanthropy 
(HIP). Roberto does not discount his 
“We understand the 
diverse needs of our 
clients and meet
every project with 
optimism and 
dedication. WE are 
a cleaning service 
that cares.”
– Roberto Ramirez

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