Dive summary:
- Charlie Appleby, the CEO of Advanced Disposal has won the recognition of Waste and Recycling News’ Person of the Year.
- The award was granted to Appleby for conducting the largest trash acquisition of 2012, Advanced Disposals purchase of Veolia ES Solid Waste.
- Acquiring Veolia made Advanced Disposal the fifth-largest solid waste management company in the industry.
From the article:
The CEO made it clear, however, that he was not alone in putting this deal together. Not even close. There were advisers, the folks at private equity firm Highstar Capital that own Advanced Disposal and then employees of the company themselves.
"I might be the head of the organization. But I'm not the reason for the successes. I have a lot of people that I work with and who work for me," he said. "As I look back, it was very satisfying to be able to bring all of these resources together to get this deal complete." ...
