
Matthew Stewart
CEO & Co-Founder at National Services Group
Matthew Kennedy Stewart is co-founder and CEO of National Service Group (NSG), which operates College Works Painting, Empire Community Construction, Home Genius Exteriors, and SMJJ Investments.
NSG has grown from a small Southern California-based business into an international company located throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition to his role at NSG, Matt serves on the board of directors for multiple organizations. He is past chairman of the global board for the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO), a worldwide-business network comprising over 14,000 leading entrepreneurs representing more than 142 chapters located in 46 countries.
- Entrepreneur
- Executive
- 📍Irvine, CA
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LET'S TALK ABOUT GEN Z
- Career planning and placement for 20 somethings
- How to get ahead in life and start young
- How to have a wonderful college selection process
- How to have a wonderful career selection process
- How to pick a career you love.
- Higher Education
- Career planning
- Personal Development (youth)
- Young Entrepreneurship
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Matt is consistently recognized for his leadership and management expertise. He has earned the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal and the OC Metro 40 Under 40, and he was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Finalist. He has traveled extensively across the world speaking on the topics of entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and business development. In particular, Matt is passionate about mentoring millennials and generation Z. He regularly provides his entrepreneurial insight to high-profile print and online publications. Matt is the host of “The Edge of Excellence” Podcast, Matt has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, and Fox Business News and on ABC, CBS, and more. Matt is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives in Laguna Niguel, California, with his wife, Jill, and their two children.

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Matthew Stewart
CEO & Co-Founder at National Services Group
- Entrepreneur
- Executive
- 📍Irvine, CA
Matthew Kennedy Stewart is co-founder and CEO of National Service Group (NSG), which operates College Works Painting, Empire Community Construction, Home Genius Exteriors, and SMJJ Investments.
NSG has grown from a small Southern California-based business into an international company located throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition to his role at NSG, Matt serves on the board of directors for multiple organizations. He is past chairman of the global board for the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO), a worldwide-business network comprising over 14,000 leading entrepreneurs representing more than 142 chapters located in 46 countries.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT GEN Z
- Career planning and placement for 20 somethings
- How to get ahead in life and start young
- How to have a wonderful college selection process
- How to have a wonderful career selection process
- How to pick a career you love.
- Higher Education
- Career planning
- Personal Development (youth)
- Young Entrepreneurship
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Matt is consistently recognized for his leadership and management expertise. He has earned the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal and the OC Metro 40 Under 40, and he was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Finalist. He has traveled extensively across the world speaking on the topics of entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and business development. In particular, Matt is passionate about mentoring millennials and generation Z. He regularly provides his entrepreneurial insight to high-profile print and online publications. Matt is the host of “The Edge of Excellence” Podcast, Matt has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, and Fox Business News and on ABC, CBS, and more. Matt is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives in Laguna Niguel, California, with his wife, Jill, and their two children.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Matthew Stewart
CEO & Co-Founder at National Services Group
- 📍Irvine, CA
- Entrepreneur
- Executive
Matthew Kennedy Stewart is co-founder and CEO of National Service Group (NSG), which operates College Works Painting, Empire Community Construction, Home Genius Exteriors, and SMJJ Investments.
NSG has grown from a small Southern California-based business into an international company located throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition to his role at NSG, Matt serves on the board of directors for multiple organizations. He is past chairman of the global board for the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO), a worldwide-business network comprising over 14,000 leading entrepreneurs representing more than 142 chapters located in 46 countries.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT GEN Z
- Career planning and placement for 20 somethings
- How to get ahead in life and start young
- How to have a wonderful college selection process
- How to have a wonderful career selection process
- How to pick a career you love.
- Higher Education
- Career planning
- Personal Development (youth)
- Young Entrepreneurship
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Matt is consistently recognized for his leadership and management expertise. He has earned the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal and the OC Metro 40 Under 40, and he was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Finalist. He has traveled extensively across the world speaking on the topics of entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and business development. In particular, Matt is passionate about mentoring millennials and generation Z. He regularly provides his entrepreneurial insight to high-profile print and online publications. Matt is the host of “The Edge of Excellence” Podcast, Matt has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur magazine, Inc. magazine, and Fox Business News and on ABC, CBS, and more. Matt is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara and lives in Laguna Niguel, California, with his wife, Jill, and their two children.
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“Orange County businessman Matthew K. Stewart has been named global leader of The Entrepreneurs Organization, one of the premier nonprofit membership organizations for successful entrepreneurs worldwide.”
“There’s a new generation in town and it’s one that employers better get ready for, because it’s 23 million strong and will be flooding the workforce by the end of the decade.”
Timeline
1996 - Present
National Services Group
Co-CEO
1996 - Present
College Works Painting
CEO
2006 - Present
YPO
Member
Jun 2007 - Jul 2010
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Member & Chairman of the Global Board
Chairman from 2009 – 2010
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What is the biggest impact you are making and how are you leveraging that impact? |
Where do you see the trend going over the next few years? |
What is the system you use or recommend for that? Specifically - Where is the educational system missing today? |
What are the steps people miss in career planning and selection? |
How are students today better or worse prepared than students of the past, what can they do about it? |