Titan CEO and headline sponsor Wipfli LLP are pleased to announce Mike Forst, CEO of Sun State Builders as a 2024 Phoenix Titan 100. The Titan 100 program recognizes Phoenix’s Top 100 CEOs & C-level executives. They are the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that include demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision and passion. Collectively, the 2024 Phoenix Titan 100 and their companies employ over 105,000 individuals and generate over $34 billion in annual revenues. This year’s honorees will be published in a limited-edition Titan 100 book and profiled exclusively online. They will also be honored at an awards ceremony held Thursday, September 26, 2024 at the Chateau Luxe event venue.
“The Titan 100 are changing the way that business is done in Phoenix. These preeminent leaders have built a distinguished reputation that is unrivaled and preeminent in their field. We proudly recognize the Titan 100 for their efforts to shape the future of the Phoenix business community. Their achievements create a profound impact that makes an extraordinary difference for their employees and clients across the nation,” says Jaime Zawmon, President of Titan CEO.
After graduating from Northern Arizona University, Mike Forst began his career at Sun State Builders when he was hired as a superintendent and project manager 24 years ago. During the last two decades, he’s risen at the leading design-build general contractor, working in all areas of the business. In 2020, he was given the opportunity to become a partner, and in January 2024, Forst was promoted to CEO, stepping into the position held by Sun State Builders’ Founder, Jim Chamberlain who led the company for 50 years. Since he was named partner, revenue and profits doubled, and the company increased its staff by approximately 15 percent.
“I am honored and humbled to be recognized as a Titan 100 leader,” states Forst. “I am extremely fortunate to learn from some incredible mentors and to work with a great team of people. It is largely thanks to them, that I am able to do what I do.”
Forst will be recognized at the Titan 100 awards in September at the Chateau Luxe. The evening will be a cocktail-style event that will include the 100 Titans of Industry honorees, their guests and others in attendance from the Phoenix business community.
“On behalf of all the partners and associates at Wipfli, we congratulate all the Titan100 winners. It’s an honor to recognize this diverse group of leaders in the Phoenix community. We appreciate the lasting impact each leader has made, and continues to make, in building organizations of significance both here in Arizona and abroad. Their ingenuity and creativity set each of them apart, and the honor of being seen as an industry Titan is richly deserved,” says Ryan Lindsay, partner at Wipfli.
