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Private equity’s interest in the skilled trades is creating new millionaires out of blue collar business owners. Gen Z is rediscovering trade school and becoming the “toolbelt generation.”

I knew I had to get into this story and figure out why Gen Z is so enamored with trade school, what it’s really like to be a plumber, and see why private equity is so interested in buying these companies.

Out There is produced by Meag Cherry. Intro music by Cal Freundlich.

Chapters:
Intro 0:00
Macy goes to trade school 0:30
Women in the trades 4:03
Trade school growing 5:16
Macy becomes a plumber 6:31
Macy sells her business to PE 13:38
Marketing 19:27

Guests:
Berk Trade School https://electricalandplumbingschool.com/
Dov Plumbing https://dovsewer.com/
Graham Weaver ​​   / @grahamcweaver  

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Learn more about the plumbing industry:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkell...
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepre...
https://sherwood.news/business/privat...
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/124585...
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/gen-z...


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