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has been working in the self-storage industry since 1987. He has served as president of since founding the company with his brother, Mike Burnam, in 1999. Burnam grew StorageMart from a single self-storage facility into the world's largest privately owned self-storage company with 149 locations across the U.S. and Canada. Burnam was named a in the Services and Real Estate category (Central Midwest region) -- one of the highest honors an American entrepreneur can receive.
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