For all you Generation Next folks out there that might’ve felt your teenage years were dictated helping with your parent’s business: This month’s cover star gives the Child Labor laws little regard. Sure, we all had chores around the house for pocket change but how many of us can say we were doing hard labor as a kid? Jerry Reicks Jr. can.
The President and CEO of JARCO Builders Ltd. began helping his dad’s drywall business scrapping houses at the age of eight; by the time he was 12, he graduated to screw spotter and sander; at 16, he had already spent half of his life becoming familiar with drywall installation as he was hanging rock during school breaks and summer vacation. Rock, paper and mud seemed destined to be part of this young man’s DNA.