Fuller: US Xpress Sold to Knight-Swift for $800M at $2.5B Revenue
Craig Fuller · He Got Fired By His DAD… So He Built a $60M/yr Empire ft. Craig Fuller · Jun 13, 2024 · at 4:15
Craig Fuller outlines the financials behind Knight-Swift's acquisition of his family's company, US Xpress.
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“Yeah, he merged it into Knight Swift which is the largest. It was the second largest trucking merger in history. The company did about two and a half billion dollars when it sold for eight hundred million.”
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