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IDAHO FALLS – After building what is now one of the "fastest-growing private companies in America," Stuart Draper is looking forward to the next phase of life.

The 40-year-old Idaho Falls man stepped down as the CEO of Stukent earlier this year. It's a company he started in 2014 to make sure schools and universities had access to updated textbooks.

A decade later, it's served more than a million students worldwide.

It provides digital courseware content for about 1,000 universities and high schools. From a 25,000-square-foot building at 1755 International Way in Idaho Falls, about 175 employees work with professors to provide 45 online courses. Most of them revolve around business topics. Two of the most popular courses are digital marketing and social media marketing.

Stukent has been on INC 5000’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the last six years and continues to grow and evolve.

The company is inviting the community to celebrate 10 years of business on Thursday with a tour and open house of the building.

Jim Holm was hired as Stukent’s new CEO in February. He’s impressed with everything Draper and his team accomplished and he’s eager to build upon that vision.

“It’s been fun to see the great thing that’s been built. I wasn’t here for the journey that got us here, but I have an interesting perspective on where we’re at now,” Holm says.

The company’s claim to fame is its simternship model. It’s a 10-week digital simulation for students to practice hands-on skills in the workplace. Brandon Griffin is one of the videographers who creates this content. Get a taste of what it’s like in the video above.

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