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Dirt Nerd: How Aaron Witt Built His Multimillion-Dollar Construction Media Company Before Age 30
Meet Aaron Witt, a young entrepreneur who started Instagramming cool construction photos eight years ago, and today runs his own multimillion-dollar construction media services company. When it comes to construction, he says, ‘the love was always there’—and now, he’s on a mission to make what he affectionately calls ‘the dirt world’ a better place.
By Maggie Murphy
November 4, 2024
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by Maggie Murphy
Maggie leads Construction Executive’s day-to-day operations and long-term strategy—overseeing all print and digital content, design and production efforts, and working with the editorial team to tell the many stories of America’s builders and contractors. She’s a native Marylander with extensive construction industry experience and an educational background in communications, history and classical literature.
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