Mark Johnson:
CLASS OF 1972
Redmond High SchoolClass of 1972
Redmond, WA
Finn Hill Junior High SchoolClass of 1969
Kirkland, WA
Juanita Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Kirkland, WA
Henry David Thoreau Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Kirkland, WA
Central Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Kirkland, WA
Mark's Story
Life
'72-'76 University of Washington
'76-'79 Worked for Prime Const. Co. built RHS stadium, remodeled RHS twice
'79-'89 Bought a ranch on Whidbey. Got married. Started my own Constr. Co. Divorced '84 (Had no kids)I got the horses, geese, and pig. Late '86 married Claudia
'89-'93 Moved back to same neigborhood I grew up in. (wife is a city girl) Had a son, Trevor, now 18. Went to work for SDL Corp. as a Vice President. Had a daughter, Lena, now 16.
'93-'97 House on Lake Wash. burned down.
Went to work for Fletcher Challenge, an international conglomerate from New Zealand that had bought Howard S. Wright Constr. eight years earlier. They changed the name to Fletcher Wright Constr. In '95 they "spun off" their various divisions on the NYSE.
Myself and partners(3) bought the Company back, changed the name back to Howard S. Wright. We grew it from 65m in'93, to betwee...Expand for more
n 200 and 300 million by 2000. We have offices in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Newport Beach.(L.A.) Built most of Microsoft main campus. Numrous highrises in Seattle, Portland, L.A., Houston. Major clients include Washington Mutual, Intel, AT&T, US Bank, Dreamworks, Martin Selig, Wright Runstad, Allied Signal, Boeing, Seattle Mariners, Rouse, U. S. Navy, Harborview Hospital.
'98-2000 Chairman of the Board Howard S. Wright.
2000-Present Retired. Volunteer at Bellevue High School coaching football. My son plays lacrosse at the University of Montana. My daughter plays year round volleyball; rides horses. Since retirement, I've also been volunteering at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum. Some the boats we've restored are in the movie "Madison". Some of the models I've built are in the movie too.
I've been consulting a lot since 2004.
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