Kem Gardner

Kem C. Gardner is co-founder of The Boyer Company and chairman of The Gardner Company. He is a prominent real estate developer—he and his partners and associates have developed over 33 million square feet of commercial real estate.

He is a philanthropist and has been active in the Salt Lake community through supporting and serving the Utah Symphony, United Way of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City International Airport, Intermountain Healthcare, and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute is named in his honor and works to build upon his legacy. In 2012, he was named A Giant In Our City by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

"It is the charitable impulse in Kem's soul, this generous reach of his heart that makes him 'A Giant In Our City,'" Elder Holland said during an awards ceremony at the Grand America Hotel. "He truly believes that the measure of his worth will be what he's done, not the estate he may have left behind.”[1]

He holds bachelor’s and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Utah.

Gardner is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and presided over the Massachusetts Boston mission. He and his wife, Carolyn, are the parents of six children.