By Frankie DiAntonio’s count, his Long Island business loan brokerage firm, Lexington Capital Holdings , is his eighth company, and his most successful venture so far.

The CEO has grown Lexington Capital, which matches small-to-medium-size businesses looking for a loan with lenders, from just five employees in 2022 to 82 this year, DiAntonio said.

And just last month, he closed on a deal to buy a 16,000-square-foot office building at 1660 Rte. 112 in Port Jefferson Station for $3 million to serve as the company’s headquarters.

"The first few years were really tough. ... Each day was a dogfight to stay in business," DiAntonio, 27, said on Monday at the opening of his new Port Jefferson Station office.

Lexington Capital started out matching small businesses with loans totaling in the t

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