Randall Rollins
Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Delaware
United States
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pest control
$3,500,000,000
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#478 Billionaires 2019
#163 Forbes 400 2018
Randall Rollins is chairman of Rollins Inc.,the biggest pest control company by revenues in North America. His brother Gary is CEO.Of the 19 subsidiaries under the Atlanta-headquartered Rollins Inc. umbrella, exterminator Orkin is the best known.The bug-killing business is booming: in July 2017, the company reported its 45th consecutive quarter of sales and earnings growth.The firm was created by Rollins' father and uncle who bought several local radio stations and called it Rollins Broadcasting. It went public in 1961.
The name Orkin derives from Latvian immigrant Otto Orkin, a 14-year-old who in 1901 was selling poison door-to-door. Rollins bought Orkin in 1964 for $62 million.Since 2010, his brother Gary's children have been suing Randall and Gary, alleging the elders have been blocking access to a web of trusts worth around $3 billion.
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