Boutique Apartments
- Founded: 2002
- Headquarters: Denver
- Employees: 11
- 2005 Revenue: $1.2 million
- Units owned/managed in 2005: 211
- Units projected for 2006: 500
- Geographic coverage: Denver
- Top goal for 2006: Establish a new relationship with a capital partner to expand the Boutique Apartment concept nationwide
Leadership Lessons: Grant Barnhill
- Age: 41
- First Job: Pool maintenance man at age 13
- Best advice someone gave you: Follow your heart in all things.
- Ideal leader: Ray Anderson, president and founder of Interface, which manufactures environmentally responsible floor coverings
- Best business decision: Staying focused on the Boutique Apartment brand
- Greatest challenge: Learning how to balance company profit with personal, community, and global responsibility
- Hobbies: Skiing, photography, music, and design