Trucking
10 trucking company owners
These ten trucking company owners are current and former owners, presidents and CEOs of trucking carriers, from local flatbed haulers and family fleets to carriers with more than 100 drivers. A reader can learn how trucking company owners run their carriers from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Eric Storey
LinkedInExperience: President · Storey Trucking Company, Inc.
President of Storey Trucking Company, Inc. in Henagar, Alabama, with president roles listed since 2008. The profile describes it as a driver-first freight carrier and calls him a second-generation logistics executive who oversees a truck fleet powered by more than 100 drivers, along with a team of back-office support staff and equipment technicians.
John Pope
LinkedInExperience: Chairman · Cargo Transporters
Chairman of Cargo Transporters, Inc. in Hickory, North Carolina, which he joined in 1985 as a third-generation family owner. He writes that working many different jobs across the company gave him insight to improve processes and use technology to improve customers' experience. He also served on the board of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (2017–2020).
John Sandberg
LinkedInExperience: Owner/President · Sandberg Trucking Inc.
Owner and president of Sandberg Trucking Inc. in McNabb, Illinois since 1976, and also listed as an owner-driver. He writes that he took over the family trucking business as the third generation after his grandfather founded it in 1919, and that his two sons and son-in-law work with him and will carry it on as the fourth generation.
JR Elrod
LinkedInExperience: President · BAR Transportation
President of BAR Transportation in Mount Pleasant, Texas since 2012, a carrier specializing in step-deck and specialized freight, after running BAR Trucking as an owner-operator (1999–2012). He writes that he oversees daily operations, driver management and fleet compliance with FMCSA and DOT standards. He served as a sergeant in the US Army (1986–1999).
Mark Samsa
LinkedInExperience: Owner · Kreider Trucking Inc
Owner of Kreider Trucking Inc in Rittman, Ohio since 1999, a local carrier the profile says has served the building industry since 1973 with flatbed tractor-trailers carrying detachable forklifts for jobsite delivery. Before that he was Assistant Transportation Manager at Alside, a division of Associated Materials (1986–1999), and a truck mechanic at D H & L Building Supply (1982–1986).
Mary Keim
LinkedInExperience: Company Owner · Dagen Trucking
Owner of Dagen Trucking in the Albany, New York area since 2021, and Manager there from 2006 to 2021. Her headline calls her President of the certified woman-owned company, and the profile describes Dagen as a full-service trucking and logistics company operating since 1995, with a fleet of flatbeds, step decks and lowboys.
Michael Riggs
LinkedInExperience: CEO and Majority Stockholder · Jack Cooper Transport
CEO and majority stockholder of Jack Cooper Transport (2008–2024) and an owner there until 2025; he is now listed as an owner of trucking firms. The profile says he earned an MBA from Harvard in 1979, began his career at General Motors and since 1991 has been President or CEO of several transportation and logistics companies, some in turnaround situations.
Scott De Boer
LinkedInExperience: President Owner · RM Trucking Inc
President and owner of RM Trucking Inc in Zeeland, Michigan since 1994; the profile says he has spent more than 30 years building the company into what it is today. Before that he worked at Tanis Trucking Co as a wash hand, driver and mechanic (1985–1994), so he knows the trucking business from the shop and the driver's seat as well as the owner's office.
Sten Sohlberg
LinkedInExperience: President Owner · Jones Brothers Trucking, Inc.
President and owner of Jones Brothers Trucking, Inc. in Missoula, Montana since 1998, and also listed as CEO and owner since 2022. The profile describes the company as a flatbed carrier running nationwide and into Canada. Earlier he was a Fleet Manager at Bitterroot International Systems (1996–1998), which gives him a view of fleet operations from inside another company.
Travis Nelson
LinkedInExperience: President · Xtreme Trucking LLC
President of Xtreme Trucking LLC in Wisconsin since 2010. He writes that he owns an asset-based transportation provider made up of Xtreme Trucking LLC, Zernicke Trucking Inc and Heim Trucking Co., focused on flatbed, specialized and refrigerated freight, with a goal of becoming the most trusted provider in the Midwest. He earlier worked as a mechanic and driver at BEST Enterprise (2004–2006).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's fleet size and freight type to your question, since a small regional flatbed carrier and a fleet with more than 100 drivers handle dispatch, maintenance and customers differently. Consider whether the person started as a driver or took over a family business, since that shapes how they think about growth, equipment and succession.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you find and keep good drivers, and what pay structure works for you?
- 02How do you balance direct shipper contracts against brokered loads?
- 03Which costs, such as fuel, insurance or maintenance, are hardest to control, and how do you manage them?
Reaching trucking company owners
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