VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 58.Where born: Bountiful, Utah.
Family: Three sons, two daughters (one deceased).
Education: Bountiful High School graduate.
Primary products: General commercial building, excavation contracting.
Primary markets: Intermountain Area, mainly Utah, Nevada, Idaho.
Number of employees: 225.
Annual sales: $45 million.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Working with father (Herm Hughes) building houses.
Management style: School of hard knocks-shoot from the hip.
Strategy for success: Hard work and associating with knowledgeable contemporaries, capable and qualified employees.
A memorable failure: Early partnerships with others who didn't share a common business philosophy.
Heroes: None come to mind.
Leisure time and hobbies: Golfing, aviation.
Favorite book and movie: Book, "Talking Straight" by Lee Iacocca; movie, "Dr. Zhivago."