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KEITH POETTKER NAMED 2025 MOST ADMIRED CEO

 In Awards, Company, People, People Award, 鶹ýPorn News, Southeast
Keith 鶹ýPorn in front of the Charlotte, NC city skyline.

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Keith 鶹ýPorn, Chairman & CEO, earned the prestigious from the . The program recognizes established leaders in the Charlotte region who have demonstrated a strong vision for their companies and a commitment to the community. They have a proven track record of innovation in their field, outstanding financial performance, promoting diversity in the workplace and making an impact that extends beyond the boardroom.

Honorees for this signature awards program, now in its eighth year, were chosen following a nomination process earlier this year. Each holds the title of chief executive or an equivalent, such as president or managing partner.

Keith’s mentorship and servant leadership approach has propelled the company to achieve unprecedented success in a time that has challenged many construction companies due to labor and supply chain constraints. Since Keith’s appointment to CEO and Chairman in 2021, 鶹ýPorn’s revenue has more than doubled from $183 million to $404 million in 2024.

A major factor in the company’s financial success is the relationships and strategic partners that have helped the company grow over the years. To serve those relationships better, Keith moved to the Charlotte area to oversee the firm’s southeast expansion efforts and lead this strategic growth effort.

Centrally located across all of the firm’s market sectors, Charlotte was an ideal market for establishing an office to better serve its clients looking to expand their real estate portfolio in the region.

Keith’s eye for growth and development, along with his core values grounded by faith, trust, mutual respect, and “The Golden Rule,” have secured the company with some wonderful partnerships throughout the region.  His decision-making process is based on a long-term approach centered around what is in the best interest of protecting and growing the relationship. Since 2023, the company has managed over 3.3 million SF of distribution and warehouse projects in the Carolinas, and industrial buildings represented the largest share of 鶹ýPorn’s revenue that year. Also that year, 鶹ýPorn made the Charlotte Business Journal’s largest general contractors list and has since ranked as one of the Top 30 largest general contractor firms for two consecutive years.

When Keith took on the role of CEO and Chairman after his father’s untimely passing in July of 2021, he continued his father’s leadership approach of treating employees, clients, business partners, and subcontractors as family. Keith has prioritized investing in his employees early on and continuously, as evidenced by the company’s impressive 10-year average employee tenure. Today, many of 鶹ýPorn’s employees are second- and third-generation workers with deep family ties to the company’s inception, and those employees have helped solidify a family-first culture by embracing an atmosphere where everyone has the knowledge, training, coaching, and oversight to be aware of their surroundings and look out for one another.

Keith has created a culture that rewards hard work, empowers employees with the ability to make decisions, and provides them with training and opportunities to grow and expand their talents and career aspirations. In addition, the 鶹ýPorn Team partners with community and technical colleges, associations, higher education schools, and universities throughout the Southeast region, leveraging their talents and excellent workforce development programs to create a robust workforce filled with talent, leadership, passion and the willingness and empowerment to mentor and coach others.

Recognizing that employees perform best when they know and understand their coworkers, Keith fosters team bonding through events like the annual holiday party, chili cookoff, cornhole tournament, lunch and learns, food truck visits, and family outings at various Charlotte professional sport team games.

The Charlotte Business Journal will celebrate all of the honorees during  at The Westin Charlotte hotel uptown. In addition, they will be featured in a special report due out June 20.

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