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Having generated $40 billion in enterprise value across five companies—including XPO Logistics ($18B in revenue) and United Rentals (the world's largest equipment rental firm)—Jacobs is now replicating his acquisition playbook in building products distribution through QXO.
Brad Jacobs is a serial entrepreneur who has built five companies from scratch to over $1 billion in value.
He founded XPO Logistics and grew it to over $18 billion in revenue, then spun off GXO Logistics and RXO as independent public companies. Earlier he founded United Waste Systems and United Rentals, now the largest equipment rental company in the world. His latest venture, QXO, is consolidating building products distribution.
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