Hall of Fame Inductee
Class of 2024
Charles S. Luck IV
Luck’s involvement and success in aggregates stems from a pair of impressive careers that came before him.
Luck’s father (Charles S. Luck III) and grandfather (Charles Luck Jr.) are also members of the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame – enshrined in the classes of 2018 and 2013, respectively.
Inspired by his father’s and grandfather’s deep love for people, Luck, the president and CEO of Luck Stone, helped to establish the company’s mission to “ignite human potential.” The third-generation leader of his family company has done this through values-based leadership and positively impacting the lives of people around the world.
As Luck Stone describes, this philosophy fueled two decades of significant and meaningful growth for people inside and outside of the company.
Luck formally joined the company in 1980 as a summer trainee while attending Virginia Military Institute. Prior to that, he spent summers as a youth sweeping shop floors, helping to rebuild engines and looking up to the men in the company’s shop facility in Manakin, Virginia.
Under Luck’s leadership, Luck Companies created several five-year strategic planning periods from 2005 to 2025. Luck Companies says the planning windows have been instrumental in the growth and evolution of the company, culminating with expansion into new markets and communities in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
“Today, our values-based leadership is how we do what?” Luck says. “Crush rocks is the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ is the values that determine our behaviors. When you think about what you want to be remembered for, I want you to think about who you are authentically. Who is the real you and what is the difference you can make – whether it’s with your family, your company or your culture? The impact is enormous.”