Jason Barbera, 35
Owner, Sweetwater Remodeling Group
Culleoka, Tenn.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Founded home-building company at age 31 and remodeling division at 34
• Purchased and developed 114 acres of farmland into 60-lot community (25 percent built-out as of May 2011)
EXTRACURRICULAR
Creator and host, Remodel America Home Improvement Show, a Fox News Radio home-building and remodeling program that airs in 28 states
OFF THE CLOCK
Favorite vacation spot: Ireland, from where wife hails
Can’t live without filet mignon
Assists with wife’s Irish dance production, Tir Na Nog
SECRET LIFE
Former child actor whose roles included a comatose patient on “Days of Our Lives” and a kid in a 7UP commercial
Has an identical twin who once secretly filled in on “Days of Our Lives” so he could audition for another role