Greenville contractor airs on 60 Minutes.

• Position: Jordon Construction Co.

Jordon Construction Co. Founder James Jordon may be a recognizable face around Greenville with his company's work on Camperdown's Deca Apartments, Unity Park's Visitors Center or the new Carroll A. Campbell Jr. U.S. Courthouse.

But Jordon says he never expected to have the audience of one of the most watched programs on television.

"An opportunity to have a national presence is not something that I had dreamed of," Jordon told GSA Business Report with a laugh.

Last fall, producers of the CBS show 60 Minutes reached out to the Greenville Chamber to track down an interviewee to speak on how small businesses navigate a demanding labor market.

As a chamber board member, a graduate of its Minority Business Accelerator and the Southeastern finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award, Jordon received the call.

Correspondent Bill Whitaker wanted to meet him at Greenville's Lazy Goat within six days.

"We're working in an industry that's aging," Jordon...