Transportation 2024: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ KUHN

At age 16, Kuhn founded JK Moving Services, now North America’s largest independently owned and operated moving company, with annual revenues exceeding $210 million. JK Moving and Kuhn’s other companies, JK Land Holdings and global corporate relocation firm CapRelo, employ more than 1,300 employees, mostly in Virginia.

One of Loudoun County’s biggest landholders, Kuhn is a major investor in data centers through JK Land Holdings, which in February acquired 108 acres in Ashburn primed for data centers.

In July, Leesburg Town Council voted to approve JK Land Holdings’ plans for an 86,400-square-foot flex industrial building. At the same time, Kuhn was seeking approval in Purcellville to build Valley Commerce Center, a business park.

In August, Kuhn purchased the 225-acre Waterside property in Sterling, which could become a mixed-use development, and the $60 million, 25-acre Telos Corp. site in Ashburn, where he may build a data center.

Kuhn also founded JK Community Farm, a nonprofit that donates its produce to area hunger relief organizations.

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