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Tracy Alloway

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2151 total appearances

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

They've done a few dozen deals that built up the company.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

We're big in M&A.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

As you know, my teams and I have done over 500 acquisitions.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

So there's a lot of stuff in common that we had a lot of mutual affinity and respect over.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

By the way, I know this is no longer your thing anymore, but I'm just looking at some of the other companies in the XO family.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

XPO, that stock is on an absolute tear.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

And I've been seeing like trucking is like kind of back, like trucking is hot these days.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Can you talk a little bit about what's going on in freight?

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

And obviously, even though it's like your main focus these days, I'm sure your business touches freight every single day.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Why is freight so hot again?

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Well, freight isn't so hot across the board.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Some companies are still not doing so well in that.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Now, XPO, under Mario, under Mario Horex's leadership, is doing fantastic.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

I attribute that mainly to Mario and the team.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

The execution of the business plan has been fantastic.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

Just laser-like, surgical, getting the damages down, getting the on-time up.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

improving the customer experience.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

It's just done an amazing job at it.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

It's just executed very, very, very, very well on that.

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Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation

And that's why the stock has performed so well.