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Podcast: The IBJ Podcast with Mason King
Episode: From the Army to finance to tech to owning an excavation firm, Andrea Sloan says ‘yes’ and takes chances
Description: Readers of IBJ’s annual lists of fastest-growing Indianapolis-area companies might be familiar with GroundBreakers, formerly known as GroundBreakers Hydrovac Excavation. Between 2021 and 2023, its annual revenue grew 143.1% to $18.9 million, which was good for 10th place on our most recent list. All of that growth came under President Andrea Sloan, who was recruited in 2018 to become the chief executive and buy the firm. She acquired it in chunks and became the outright owner in 2021.
So who is Andrea Sloan? Is she one of those management ringers that private equity firms hire to take over companies? Nope. Did she ha...