Britnie Faith Turner is an American businesswoman and philanthropist from South Carolina, United States. She is founder and CEO of Aerial Group, a Tennessee-based social enterprise company that provides real estate development, media production, education, motivational speaking, disaster relief, nation development, and other non-profit work. Aerial was listed by Forbes and by Fortune as the "6th Fastest-Growing Woman-Owned/Woman-Led Company in the World" based on the annual ranking by the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) in 2016. Fortune also listed Aerial as the "3rd Fastest-Growing Inner City Company in the United States" in 2016 as ranked by Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). Turner was most recently named as one of the "2021 Successful Women in Business" by Start Up Weekly. Awards and recognition 2014, Glamour magazine, "Inspiring Women of The Year From Around America" 2014, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, "30 Under 30" (Nashville) 2014, Council for Women in the Workforce, "Women to Watch" 2014, Ernst & Young "Entrepreneurial Winning Women 2014, Glamour magazine "Hometown Heroes" 2015, Enterprising Women magazine, "Enterprising Women of the Year" 2015, National Association of Women in the Real Estate Business, The Gershwin Award 2016, Nashville Business Journal "40 Under 40" 2016, Nashville Business Journal, "Women of Influence" 2018, Nashville Next Awards, "Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist" 2019, Coastal Carolina Women in Philanthropy and Leadership, "Inspiring Women of the Year" 2020, Fortune Magazine, "Leading Women in Business" 2020, Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, "Women Impacting the Community" nominee 2021, The Startup Weekly, "Successful Women in Business to Watch" Early life and education Turner was born in North Augusta, South Carolina, in 1988. She is the second of six children born to her parents. Turner was homeschooled by her mother until the 9th grade, after which she attended Augusta Christian for one year, then North Augusta High School, where she graduated in 2006. After graduating high school she attended MorningStar University, a ministry school in South Carolina started by Rick Joyner. Real estate career Turner's interest in the real estate field started while she was a student at MorningStar, when she attended a session with a real estate investor as the main speaker. She later bought her first house in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the height of the real estate market in 2007. Turner started flipping homes in early January 2011. She moved on to renovate and sell more than 100 homes in the following two years, and in 2013