Builder of Billion Dollar Empires
Brad Jacobs '77, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QXO, was highlighted by BBN Times.
Reports BBN Times:
"Brad Jacobs is one of America's most accomplished serial entrepreneurs, renowned for founding and scaling eight companies into billion-dollar or multibillion-dollar enterprises through aggressive mergers and acquisitions, operational excellence, and technological innovation.
"As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QXO, Inc. since 2024, Brad Jacobs leads the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing, waterproofing, and complementary building products in the United States, pursuing a vision to consolidate the fragmented $800 billion building products industry and achieve $50 billion in annual revenue by 2030. His previous ventures include XPO Logistics (and its spin-offs GXO Logistics and RXO), United Rentals, United Waste Systems (now part of Waste Management), and earlier oil trading firms, where he completed over 500 acquisitions and created tens of billions in shareholder value."