Gus Bouten and his son Frank in 1945. The elder Bouten started what's now Bouten Construction Company from his Spokane living room the year before. The company is now one of the most successful construction operations in the Northwest, and it's stayed in the family. Bill Bouten, Frank's son, is the current CEO.
The man who started Bouten Construction immigrated from Belgium as a young boy and went to work building houses with his father at age 13 before eventually starting his own construction company, which celebrates 80 years in business this year.
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