Anthony
Markgraf

Anthony Markgraf is one-half of a successful roofing contracting firm that, he notes with a bit of cheek, took a decade to become an overnight success. Along with business partner, Adam Bidler, Markgraf founded Clear Cut Xteriors, based in suburban Minneapolis, Minn., in 2019.

Markgraf's circuitous route to this point included a stint working in retail, being introduced to the roofing industry in a fluke, and cutting his teeth with a national contracting firm before he convinced his then-colleague Bidler to take a leap of faith. Within four years, the men have opened a second location in Tampa, Fla., and maintain licensure in neighboring Wisconsin and Iowa.