Richard and his father, Charles R. Ahrens, founded Ahrens Companies, a design/ build, architectural, engineering construction firm in Palm Beach County in 1971. Richard represents the sixth generation of his family’s business dating back to the 1800s in St. Louis. “My grandfather, Frank Ahrens, told me when I was 10 that the only time you stop learning is when you are dead. Another piece of advice was to always surround yourself with people who are smarter than yourself. This from a man who patented the first carbide drill bit, the wiggle bender and the first hurricane strap with only a sixth-grade education.”
ahrenscompanies.com
Richard C. Ahrens, BSBA ‘69
CEO
Construction and Design
West Palm Beach, FL