Founder (1973) and current Co-owner with Rheem of Century A/C Supply, Inc., an air conditioning wholesale distributor headquartered in Houston, TX with 12 locations.
Founder of Century HVAC Distributing A/C, a wholesaler in Dallas through Central and South Texas with 12 locations.
CEO of Air Management Supply (AMS), an HVAC supplier and Rheem Distributor in the Midwest. This company was sold to Rheem Distributing in December 2021.
Founded (1988) Century Maintenance Supply, a national company that serviced the multi-family industry with maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products. Through a private equity partnership, this business was sold in 2003 and is now part of Home Depot Supply.
Founder (2002) and current Chief Executive Officer of the commercial real estate development and management companies DBearden Investments, Bearden Development, and Bearden Management, with over 2 million square feet of industrial property.
Established (2008) the Bearden Foundation, a private charitable 501(c)(3) organization supporting college, tech school, and US military ROTC students, youth clubs, environmental causes, and animal health and welfare.
Partnered with John Morotti in the acquisition (2018) of four Harley Davidson dealerships in Las Vegas, Red Rock, Henderson, Nevada, and Zion, Utah.
Founder of Core Multifamily Fabrication (2022) and Core Distributing (2022). These companies wholesale a range of products to multifamily communities in and outside of Texas.
Owns and operates a 22,000 acre cattle ranch near Sonora, Texas and a 2,100+ acre ranch in Del Rio, Texas, and the 18,000 acre historic Beavers Ranch in Benjamin, Texas.
