Todd Stamper.

Todd Stamper runs Priority Waste, a Michigan-based waste collection and environmental services company providing commercial, industrial, and municipal waste collection, recycling, and related services across the Midwest.

Under his leadership, Priority Waste has grown rapidly through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, positioning the company as one of the most expansion-focused independent waste operators in the Great Lakes region. He was named a 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Industrials and Energy Award finalist. Regional waste services is one of the most durable and cash-flow-generative categories of American industrial infrastructure - disciplined route density, capital equipment utilization, and landfill economics drive long-term competitive advantages that are genuinely hard for new entrants to replicate. Building Priority Waste through the continued consolidation of the regional waste services industry reflects a particular operating playbook: disciplined acquisitions of smaller independents combined with operational improvements that generate attractive returns on invested capital. It is not glamorous work, but it is the kind of category where operators who execute consistently can build businesses worth far more than their headline revenue suggests.