‘Chief Builder’: Father of 16 Creates Business Model to Help Families Thrive

CEO Conor Gallagher applies business-proven principles and systems to home life.
‘Chief Builder’: Father of 16 Creates Business Model to Help Families Thrive
The Gallaghers have found a system that keeps their family running smoothly, even with 16 (15 pictured here) kids. Courtesy of Conor Gallagher
Jeff Minick
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In a 1798 letter to George Custis, his adopted grandson, President George Washington wrote, “System in all things should be aimed at; for in execution, it renders every thing more easy.” By system, Washington meant a daily schedule that, if followed, might allow the undisciplined Custis “to make considerable progress in whatsoever line is marked out for you.”

Conor Gallagher of Charlotte, North Carolina, takes that concept of a system to a radically higher level. As the father of 16 children and a CEO of several enterprises, Gallagher applies the principles and systems of the business world to the home.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.