28-Year-Old Logging Truck Owner Nabs Business Prize
MERRITT, BC. — Shelley Stewart, a 28-year-old truck-fleet owner and member of the Upper Nicola Indian Band, has been named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
According to a statement from the foundation, “In 2004, at the age of 20, Shelley Stewart recognized the need for more logging trucks in the Southern Interior.She started with one truck and trailer and now maintains and operates six log truck combinations, has seven employees and a number of major hauling contracts.”
Stewart grew up as a logger’s daughter and purchased her first truck at 19. She helped other local businesses with their books and her boyfriend Rob, (now her husband) agreed to drive that first truck.
As her business grew, she also earned a business degree from the University of British Columbia and will be presented with the award at a ceremony in Vancouver on November 26.
Her business and awards have been upstaged by another event in her remarkable life: Stewart gave birth to a baby seven weeks ago.
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