Bradley Jacobs

Bradley Jacobs may refer to:

Bradley S. Jacobs

Bradley “Brad” Jacobs (born August 3, 1956 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of XPO Logistics and managing director of Jacobs Private Equity LLC. He is best known for having led rapid industry consolidations in waste management and equipment rental in North America, initiating in 1989 and 1997, respectively, and in global transportation and logistics since 2011.

Early life and education

Brad Jacobs was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father was a jewelry importer. He attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, Bennington College and Brown University in the 1970s, but dropped out to broker oil contracts.

Career

Amerex Oil Associates, Inc.

In 1979, at the age of 23, Jacobs co-founded Amerex Oil Associates Inc., a New Jersey-based oil brokerage firm, and served as its CEO until the firm was sold in 1983.

Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd.

In 1984, Jacobs went to England and founded Hamilton Resources (UK) Ltd., an oil trading company, using the bulk of his savings and a $1 billion line of credit from Banque Paribas. As chairman and chief operating officer, he grew the company to approximately $1 billion in annual revenue. He quit the business in 1988 and moved back to the United States.

Brad Jacobs (curler)

Brad Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He is the current men's Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Jacobs is also the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier championship skip and the 2013 World Championship runner-up. He is a five-time Northern Ontario provincial champion, and one time provincial junior champion.

Jacobs and his team are well known for their physical fitness. They have been described as "fitness freaks" and are "embracing curling's athletic evolution as much or more than any other team".

Career

Junior career

Jacobs began curling at age ten with a coach named Tom Coulterman in 1995. Coulterman saw potential in them and formed a team, Jacobs played third for Ryan Harnden and was also joined by Matt Premo and Scott Sabrook. As Jacobs entered high school, he entered competitive curling and took it seriously. He played second for Harnden in tournaments age 16 and under and played second for E. J. Harnden on the highschool team. In the fall, they formed a team together with E.J. as skip, Harnden as second, and Jacobs threw lead stones. They came third in the tournament. By Fall 2001, they added Caleb Flaxey at third. They were starting to feel comfortable enough as a team that they entered the Regal Capital Curling Classic men's bonspiel at their home club. The bonspiel included most of the best teams from the region, including one skipped by Al Harnden and featuring Eric Harnden. 1998 men's Olympic curling champion Patrick Hurlimann also was in the bonspiel. In the first draw, they were matched against Hurlimann. They won the game 5-3. "Once we got the lead, they were kind of shocked," Flaxey told the Sault Star. Hurlimann was sure that "they will have a bright future".