Tag: forty-under-40

Forty Under 40: Matthew Mason

Matthew Mason saw more grain than greenbacks in his future when he left the University of Arkansas with a masters degree in agricultural economics in 1993. During graduate school, the…

Forty Under 40: Joe McClung

Joe McClung was born in Prescott, Ariz., but his family moved to Eureka Springs in 1973 to pursue a business opportunity in real estate sales and to fish. There arent…

Forty Under 40: Patti Metcalf-Kimbrough

Patti Metcalf-Kimbrough has a job most Razorbacks fans would die for. As director of guest services for mens athletics at the University of Arkansas, she sees a lot of games,…

Forty Under 40: Jason Nichol

Jason Nichol grew up in Royse City, Texas, and earned a bachelors degree in agribusiness in 1993 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In 1994, he went…

Forty Under 40: Justin Salter

After graduating from the University of Arkansas in 2000, Conway native Justin Salter worked as a bank examiner for the Arkansas State Bank Department in Little Rock for about three…

Forty Under 40: Amber Savage

Amber Savage made her first dress at age 6 and earned a commission as a professional artist before leaving Rogers High School in 1998. Following graduation, she pursued a career…

Forty Under 40: Lee Scarlett

A history buff who collects rare, numbered bottles of scotch but never drinks them, Lee Scarlett loves all things Celtic, especially the construction company he started in 1998. Scarlett grew…

Forty Under 40: Matthew Silvestri

Despite a wanderlust that has taken him to such remote destinations as Germany, Italy and China, Matthew Silvestri feels grateful to have been in Northwest Arkansas at the right time…

Forty Under 40: Bethany Stephens

Bethany Stephens knows what its like to come to a new town. After living in several different cities growing up, shes found a home in Northwest Arkansas and a job…

Forty Under 40: Kenny Tomlin

Kenny Tomlin is an innovator in the age of technology. After spending two years working for American Business Innovations and Electronic Data Systems, both in Dallas, he started I-Soft, an…

Forty Under 40: Rod Wallis

While he doesnt build houses as fast as the folks on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Rod Wallis completes an average of 50 to 60 houses each year in Northwest Arkansas….

Forty Under 40: Heath Ward

Even though he grew up around plenty of chicken houses in Murfreesboro, Heath Ward never planned to work in the poultry industry. After graduating from the University of Arkansas in…

Forty Under 40: Latriece Watkins

Latriece Watkins has had six jobs in the six years she has been with Wal-Mart Realty, which she describes as the largest real estate company in the world. She started…

Forty Under 40: Jon Woods

In January, Jon Woods will be the youngest member of the newly elected Arkansas General Assembly. After winning the Republican primary in May, Woods, who also works as a loan…

Forty Under 40: Eddie Armstrong

Eddie Armstrong,26, was involved in governmental affairs before he even graduated from high school. In 1997, he was selected as a national spokesperson for The Boys and Girls Clubs of…

Jean Beach manages risk. The 37-year-old Hamburg, N.Y., native is responsible for “all direct managerial oversight of all trading and market risk management activities at Tyson Foods Inc.” Before joining…

Forty Under 40: Matt Brown

A former high-tech guru turned real estate developer, Matt Brown braved a trifecta of changes at age 30 when he started a family, moved to Arkansas and embarked on a…

Forty Under 40: Stephen Butler

During law school at the University of Arkansas, a tax attorney showed Stephen Butler he could merge both his interests in accounting and law into a single career. With his…

Forty Under 40: Michael Clark

Michael Clark, 39, said he’s always become a life-long salesman for the companies where he’s worked. A military kid, Clark moved a lot but called Little Rock home. He graduated…

Forty Under 40: John Clayton

Real estate is in John Clayton’s blood. His father was a real estate broker, and so he knew the financial parameters of land, how it works and how to make…