Company: Top Tier Solar Solutions, Charlotte, NC
Company Description: Started in 2021, Top Tier Solar Solutions is a full service residential solar sales and installation company. The company currently operates in four locations and employs over 200 people, with plans to open three additional locations by the end of 2023. The company raised zero capital and in the first fiscal year of the business did 50 million in revenue, and is set up to do 130 million in 2023.
Nomination Category: Entrepreneur Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Entrepreneur - Energy
 Nomination Title: Samuel Van Wynen, Chief Executive Officer
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At just 25 years old, Samuel Van Wynen is the chief executive officer of Top Tier Solar Solutions. He started in the solar industry in 2017 canvassing door-to-door. Despite having little to no prior experience with sales, business or the industry itself, he quickly found vast levels of success. After spending four years on the ground gaining hands-on experience and expertise, he realized that there were many things in the industry that could be done better to provide a more seamless transition to solar for homeowners. So, in August 2021, with no capital, private equities or investors, he took his life savings and set out to build a company unlike anything else in the solar industry. The goal was for the company to be based on being radically transparent with both customers and employees, and providing an unmatched customer experience. Today, in just one year of business, Top Tier Solar Solutions has quickly become the top solar provider in the Carolinas, and the fastest growing vertically integrated solar company in the nation. The company ended its first fiscal year with $50 million in revenue, and with an additional three locations opening up in 2023, the company is anticipated to make $130 million in revenue in 2023. What makes Top Tier Solar Solutions different from its competitors is the fact that it provides all services in-house, thus allowing them to offer lower costs to homeowners because there are no costs for outsourcing to third-parties. With an in-house sales and installation team, the company was able to install 12,000 kilowatts, which is equivalent to 1,500 solar systems in its first fiscal year. The company is a premium installer with leading industry dealers such as Enphase and CED GreenTech, and has successfully spun off alarm and roofing subsidiaries within its first year - both of which are cash positive. Despite his young age, Samuel Van Wynen is setting up his company to not only provide economic growth to the renewable energy sector and economic opportunity to all of the business’ locations, he is striving to provide a better tomorrow for future generations by helping to provide affordable renewable energy to all.
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First fiscal year in business did 50 million in revenue, setting up to do 130 million in revenue in 2023
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Ended its first fiscal year 3 employees and ended 2022 with over 200, and anticipating to grow to 450 employees by the end of 2023.
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Started his company with zero capital, no private equities or investors - just his life savings.
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Successfully pun off two subsidiaries within its first year - both of which are cash positive and on their way to becoming key players in the roofing and alarm space.
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Grew the company to four locations in its first year, all of which are fully operational. He is currenetly working to expand the company to three new locations and two new states by the end of 2023.
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Helped his company grow 600% from its inception in August 2021 to December 2022.
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