After working as a superintendent for D.R. Horton, Adam Davidson started Davidson Homes in 2009 at just 24 years of age, building just two spec homes in that difficult year; but he kept at it and, over the course of 2017 to 2021, his company expanded into Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta, and Houston, and Davidson celebrated his 10th anniversary and 1,000th homeowner in 2019; in addition, he launched an affiliate mortgage company, Davidson Homes Mortgage, in 2018, followed by Built Capital, a capital-raising company for builders, and Davidson Holding Company; by 2021, Davidson Homes ranked 529 on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.