Why Brad Jacobs Is Spending $11 Billion on a Roofing Supply Business
Odd Lots27 Mars 2025

Why Brad Jacobs Is Spending $11 Billion on a Roofing Supply Business

Brad Jacobs has made a fortune in his career buying and building big logistics companies, like United Rentals, Waste Management, XPO (trucking company), GXO (warehouses), and RXO (freight brokerage). His current venture is QXO, which raised billions of dollars in order to enter the building supply industry. After a long search and a couple months of battling with the executive team, QXO announced last week that it would be acquiring publicly traded roofing supply company Beacon Roofing for $11 billion. So why expand into roofing supply? And why Beacon specifically? We sat down with Brad to talk about the roofing industry, his vision for improving the company, what other opportunities are out there, and what he's seeing in the general economy right now.

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QXO Agrees to Acquire Beacon Roofing Supply in $11 Billion Deal
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