Stephen W. Fort, 38
VP, general manager
Turner Construction Company, Chicago
EDUCATION
BS CE, Pennsylvania State University
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Leads Chicago business unit for the firm (2007 total billings: $9.4 billion, according to BD+C's Giants 300). Local billings: $700 million.
General manager for Illinois business unit.
Oversees 220-person staff, day-to-day business operations, and business development.
Responsible for procuring more than $2 billion in construction projects since 2003.
Leads in-house Turner School of Construction Management.
EXTRACURRICULAR
Founder, Turner Charity Network. Raised $1.5 million in seven years for local nonprofits.
Chair, Board of Directors, Heller School of Business, Roosevelt University.
Officer, U.S. Navy, Civil Engineer Corps (1992-1999).
OFF THE CLOCK
Can't live without his Bruce Springsteen Live box set.
Favorite read: Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose.
SECRET LIFE
Father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy.
VP, general manager
Turner Construction Company, Chicago
EDUCATION
BS CE, Pennsylvania State University
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Leads Chicago business unit for the firm (2007 total billings: $9.4 billion, according to BD+C's Giants 300). Local billings: $700 million.
General manager for Illinois business unit.
Oversees 220-person staff, day-to-day business operations, and business development.
Responsible for procuring more than $2 billion in construction projects since 2003.
Leads in-house Turner School of Construction Management.
EXTRACURRICULAR
Founder, Turner Charity Network. Raised $1.5 million in seven years for local nonprofits.
Chair, Board of Directors, Heller School of Business, Roosevelt University.
Officer, U.S. Navy, Civil Engineer Corps (1992-1999).
OFF THE CLOCK
Can't live without his Bruce Springsteen Live box set.
Favorite read: Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose.
SECRET LIFE
Father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy.
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