Heritage Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Internet technology services |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | David Aitken |
| Defunct | March 8, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Provo, Utah, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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David Aitken, CEO |
| Services | Web design, web hosting |
| Revenue | US$11.6 million (2007) |
| Owner | David Aitken, Brad Stone, Mark Strong |
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Number of employees
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200 in-house 500 contract |
| Parent | Heritage Group |
| Website | Heritage Web Solutions |
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Footnotes / references |
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Heritage Internet Technologies was a web design and web hosting company located in Provo, Utah and founded in 2001 which specialized in creating custom websites for small and medium-sized businesses. According to Inc.com's Inc. 5000, in 2007 it was the fastest growing company in Utah, the 3rd fastest growing IT company in the United States, and the 22nd fastest growing company overall. The company was ranked 392nd for 2008 in the Inc. 500 list, and 49th in the list of top 100 IT companies.
The company started with a small investment from the then-larger Heritage Group, which became entirely focused on the new web design firm. Former CEO Brad Stone told the Deseret Morning News that due to the growth of his firm and others near Provo (which is also home to a large Novell facility) that the company had to begin hiring telecommuting programmers in order to keep up with demand. The company was featured in a segment of the infomercial scam The Economic Report, which was hosted by sports anchor Greg Gumbel.
The company closed for business on March 8, 2011 while leaving work on hundreds of customer websites uncompleted and owing millions to customers, vendors, employees, and the Internal Revenue Service.
Heritage Internet Technologies was started as Heritage Web Solutions in 2001 by David Aitken with US $1000, startup money given to him by the owners of a mortgage refinancing company where Aitken was a manager. By 2005, the startup company had grown from one part-time employee to 65 employees, and the parent company had folded in favor of the new company. The company had over 700 employees (including contract workers) and was planning to expand into the United Kingdom by the end of 2008.
The Economic Report, a syndicated business and economy television program hosted by Greg Gumbel, announced in October 2008 that it would be featuring Heritage in an upcoming episode. Later investigations found The Economic Report to be an infomercial scam which charged $20,000-$30,000 for a five-minute segment.
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