H. Tyson Lykes II earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Citrus from Florida Southern College which prepared him for many years of working in his family’s citrus groves and other agricultural businesses. Since then he has been self-employed, primarily in agricultural and real estate related endeavors. He owns and manages timber tracts in Florida and Georgia, farms pecans in Georgia and developed a low density subdivision in Hernando County. Tyson served on the Lykes Bros. Inc. board for over forty years.