ROBEY ESTES FAMILY
Richmond. Family owns Estes Express Line trucking company, which started a new division last fall, Estes Air Transportation Services. It provides overnight air service to company’s trucking customers and has potential to increase overall revenues by 5 percent to 10 percent. Company employs 9,181 people and ranks in top 20 of largest freight carriers in U. S. Hopes to boost annual revenues of about $800 million with the addition of service to Mexico. Robey Estes Jr., 52, serves as president. His father, Robey W. Estes, Sr., 83, helped build the company that his father started in 1931. He also founded Estes Properties LLC, which owns seven multi-family dwellings in Richmond’s Fan district.
Net worth: $400 million+
Confidence: C
Richmond. Family owns Estes Express Line trucking company, which started a new division last fall, Estes Air Transportation Services. It provides overnight air service to company’s trucking customers and has potential to increase overall revenues by 5 percent to 10 percent. Company employs 9,181 people and ranks in top 20 of largest freight carriers in U. S. Hopes to boost annual revenues of about $800 million with the addition of service to Mexico. Robey Estes Jr., 52, serves as president. His father, Robey W. Estes, Sr., 83, helped build the company that his father started in 1931. He also founded Estes Properties LLC, which owns seven multi-family dwellings in Richmond’s Fan district.
Net worth: $400 million+
Confidence: C