11.21.24 – J.C. Huizenga – Owner, Huizenga Group

Speaker: J.C Huizenga – Owner, Huizenga Group

Bio:

J.C.’s entrepreneurial penchant appears to run in the family. His grandfather emigrated from the Netherlands in 1893. By 1971, the family had created the world’s largest trash collection and disposal company, Waste Management, Inc.

After studying economics at Hope college and earning his MBA at Michigan State University, J.C. continued to grow his manufacturing enterprises which range from commercial electrical contracting to supplying automobile instrumentation components.

Translating his desire to reform education into action, in 1995 J.C. founded National Heritage Academies (NHA) which achieved four consecutive years on Inc. magazine’s list of the “500 Fastest Growing Private Companies.”

J.C. gives generously of his time and resources to a wide variety of organizations within West Michigan and around the world.