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INTERESTING BILLIE OF THE DAY: Bradley S. Jacobs Started 5 different $1b revenue companies (he's only 63) 1. In 1979, Jacobs co-founded Amerex Oil Associates Inc., an oil brokerage firm. Had annual gross contract volume of $4.7 billion by year 5.
2. In 1984, Jacobs moved to London and founded Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd., an oil trading company. Hamilton to approximately $1 billion in annual revenue. 3. In 1989, Jacobs founded United Waste Systems. Began consolidating small garbage collectors. Sold 8 years for $2.5b.
4. In September 1997, Jacobs formed United Rentals. In the 10 years that Jacobs led the company they did 250 acquisitions and outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 2.2 times. Did $8b in rev last year.
5. In 2011, Jacobs invested approximately $150 million in Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a third-party logistics and transportation service provider. He gained ownership and renamed it XPO Logistics. XPO did $16b this year in rev.
Billie! That’s my line
A bullie here a Billie there!
Love these kinds of short and sweet profiles.
Agree! I would love a weekly newsletter with this type of content.
A total machine. Reminds me of Wayne Huizenga, the king of the rollup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga …
Completely agree. Looks like there paths nearly crossed at Waste Management
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