Kory Cutler is Doubling Down on Old-school Family Values to Scale Axis Hospitality in a Modern World

The Inspired Stories Podcast · Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 8m

Kory Cutler, CEO of Axis Hospitality Construction, grew up in suburban Chicago after his parents divorced when he was five, cold-DM’d his way into a sales job at Cardinal Health, chased incentive trips across the country, and then walked away from a six-figure income to join a family business he knew nothing about — because his wife’s grandfather had built a post office in Columbus and started a construction company that was now three generations deep and ready for someone to take it national. He showed up with no title, no salary, and no construction experience, and tripled the company in…