H.J. Russell & Company began with an entrepreneurial young boy’s shoeshine stand in Atlanta and has grown into a nearly half-billion-dollar Black-owned construction and development firm with a national reputation. Along the way, the company has intersected with the Civil Rights Movement, helped build the Atlanta skyline and created an enduring culture of entrepreneurial growth.

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Sloane Brown, Swinerton’s operations manager for the Northeast market: 'I put 100% effort into everything I do and set high expectations for myself to always do excellent work.'