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Bradley S. Jacobs is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of XPO Logistics, a global logistics and transportation company. He is also the founder and chairman of Global Logistics Properties, a real estate investment trust.
Jacobs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University in 1978 with a degree in economics. He began his career in the logistics industry in 1979, when he founded Jacobs Trading Company, a freight forwarding and customs brokerage business. In 1989, he founded United Parcel Service's (UPS) logistics division, which he ran until 1997.
In 1997, Jacobs founded XPO Logistics, a global logistics and transportation company. Under his leadership, XPO has grown to become one of the world's largest providers of transportation and logistics services.
In 2013, Jacobs founded Global Logistics Properties, a real estate investment trust that owns and operates logistics facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Jacobs is a member of the board of directors of the Council of Logistics Management and the National Retail Federation. He is also a member of the board of trustees of Brown University.
Jacobs has been recognized for his business achievements, including being named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Logistics" by Logistics Management magazine in 2013 and 2014. He was also named one of the "Top 25 Newsmakers of the Year" by Supply Chain Brain in 2014.
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68 years old |
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Leo |
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3 August, 1956 |
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3 August |
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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United States |
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He is a member of famous Businessman with the age 68 years old group. He one of the Richest Businessman who was born in United States.
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Bradley S. Jacobs Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bradley S. Jacobs worth at the age of 68 years old? Bradley S. Jacobs’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessman. He is from United States. We have estimated
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2.2 billion USD (2020) |
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Timeline
Over the course of his career, Jacobs has completed approximately 500 acquisitions and 250 greenfield openings, and raised more than $25 billion in debt and equity capital financing, including two IPOs. Jacobs was #388 on the Forbes 400 list, with a net worth of $2.1 billion as of May 2020.
In May 2018, he was ranked 10th on Barron's list of the World's Best CEOs, while in June Jacobs was listed 7th on Glassdoor's Top CEOs of 2018 list in France, and 20th in the UK.
Jacobs has founded five billion-dollar or multi-billion-dollar corporations, including three publicly traded companies - XPO Logistics, United Rentals, and United Waste Systems – whose share prices rose more than 1,000% after he took control.
In February 2012, Jacobs announced plans to grow XPO's revenue from $175 million to $5 billion within five years through M&A. By the end of 2016, he had spearheaded 17 acquisitions and turned XPO into a $15 billion global company. XPO reported revenue of $16.65 billion in 2019.
In 2011, Jacobs invested approximately $150 million in Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a third-party logistics and transportation service provider trading at the time as AMEX:XPO. He assumed the roles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer, gained ownership of approximately 71 percent of the company, and renamed it XPO Logistics. Jacobs listed the company on the New York Stock Exchange, retaining the ticker symbol (NYSE:XPO).
In September 1997, Jacobs formed United Rentals, serving as the new company's chairman and chief executive officer. Jacobs grew United Rentals through a strategy of consolidating equipment rental dealers in North America. Jacobs formed the company in September 1997 and went public three months later (NYSE: URI). In the 10 years that Jacobs led the company (1997-2007), he led more than 250 acquisitions and United Rentals outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 2.2 times. In 2007, Fortune Magazine ranked United Rentals as the 536th largest public corporation in America, with $3.9 billion in revenue and 690 locations.
In 1989, Jacobs founded United Waste Systems in Greenwich, Connecticut, and began consolidating small garbage collectors that had overlapping routes in rural areas. Jacobs served as chairman and chief executive officer, and in 1992 he took the company public. In August 1997, after the company had made more than 200 acquisitions, Jacobs sold United Waste Systems to USA Waste Services Inc. (now known as Waste Management, Inc.) for $2.5 billion. When it was sold, United Waste Systems was the fifth-largest solid waste management company in North America, and its stock had outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 5.6 times since its IPO.
In 1984, Jacobs moved to London and founded Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd., an oil trading company. In founding the company, Jacobs had used the bulk of his savings and a $1 billion line of credit from Banque Paribas. He grew Hamilton to approximately $1 billion in annual revenue.
In 1979, Jacobs co-founded Amerex Oil Associates Inc., an oil brokerage firm with offices in New Jersey, Houston, London, and Tokyo. He served as Amerex's chief executive officer until the firm was sold in 1983. During that time, the company's annual gross contract volume had grown to approximately $4.7 billion.
Bradley “Brad” Jacobs (born August 3, 1956 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of XPO Logistics, Inc. and the managing director of Jacobs Private Equity, LLC.
