Company:XPO, Inc.

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Short description: American transportation company
XPO, Inc.
FormerlyXPO Logistics, Inc.
(2011–2022)
TypePublic
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FounderBrad Jacobs
HeadquartersGreenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Number of locations
564 (2022) [1]
Key people
  • Brad Jacobs (Chairman)
  • Mario Harik (CEO)
  • Dave Bates (COO)
RevenueIncrease US$7.72 billion (2022)
Increase US$377 million (2022)
Increase US$666 million (2022)
Total assetsDecrease US$6.27 billion (2022)
Total equityDecrease US$1.01 billion (2022)
Number of employees
38,000 (December 2022)[1]
Websitexpo.com
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4][5][6]

XPO, Inc. is an American transportation company that conducts less-than-truckload shipping in North America.[7][8][9] The company has headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S., and 564 locations globally.[10]

History

2011–2021

The company was initially called Express-1 Expedited Solutions and listed on American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol XPO. It was acquired by Brad Jacobs and renamed to XPO Logistics in September 2011.[11][12][13] In June 2012, XPO listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.[14]

XPO has acquired a number of logistics businesses in North America and overseas.[15] Some notable acquisitions include: 3PD, Inc. (August 2013), Pacer International, Inc. (March 2014), Norbert Dentressangle SA (April 2015) and Con-way Inc. (October 2015). XPO paid US$3.56 billion, which included acquired debt, for European transport company Norbert Dentressangle and US$3 billion for Con-way Inc.[16][17]

XPO sold its truckload division (acquired from Con-Way) to TransForce for $558 million in cash.[18]

In June 2016, XPO was included in the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations based on revenue.[19]

The company has conducted logistics operations for the Evian Golf Championship and the Paris Marathon.[20] In 2019, XPO Logistics released a mobile game simulating freight operations for the Tour de France.[21]

Beginning in 2021, XPO Logistics broke into three separate publicly-traded companies, making XPO solely an LTL provider.[22][23]

XPO truck

GXO Logistics

In August 2021, the company spun off its contract logistics business into a separate company named GXO Logistics, with facilities located primarily throughout North America and Europe.[24][25] GXO stands for “game-changing opportunities”.[26] Malcolm Wilson is the CEO of the company.[27]

RXO

This was followed by XPO Logistics spinning off its brokerage and other services segment to a separate company named RXO, Inc. in November 2022.[28][29][30][31] RXO, which stands for “reliability multiplied by outperformance” and provides global forwarding.[32] RXO is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and provides managed transportation and last-mile logistics.[33] Drew Wilkerson was appointed as CEO of the company.[34]

2022–present

XPO dropped “Logistics” from its name in December 2022 and remains solely as an LTL carrier, which allows multiple customers to transport goods in the same truck.[28] In August 2022, Brad Jacobs announced he was stepping down as CEO and would serve as executive chairman. Mario Harik, XPO’s former chief information officer, who also serves as the company’s president, was appointed as CEO.[24] In March 2022, XPO sold its North American intermodal business to Illinois-based STG Logistics for $710 million.[35][36] In March 2023, XPO appointed J. Wes Frye, a retired industry veteran, to its board of directors.[37] In April 2023, XPO announced the hire of Dave Bates as chief operating officer of North American LTL.[38] In December 2023, XPO received approval from a Delaware bankruptcy court to acquire 28 service centers of Yellow Corporation for $870 million as a part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[39][40] The acquisition was finalized in January 2024.[41]

Operations

North American LTL

XPO LTL facility in Tomah, Wisconsin formerly a Con-way Freight terminal

XPO is the second largest provider of less-than-truckload services in North America.[42] Since November 2022, the company’s North American operations have been solely focused on LTL (less-than-truckload) freight transportation.[43] LTL is a freight model which involves shipping smaller quantities of goods for multiple customers at a time.[44] In 2022, XPO's CEO stated that the company operates in 99% of US zip codes.[45] (As of March 2022), XPO produces new and remanufactured trailers at a factory in Searcy, Arkansas.[46][47]

European Transportation Segment

XPO provides dedicated truckload, LTL, truck brokerage, managed transportation, last mile and freight forwarding in Europe.[48] The company also manages multimodal solutions, such as road-rail and road-short sea combinations.[49] 1,000 new drivers were hired in the U.K. and Ireland in 2022.[50][51]

Controversy

A 2018 article by The New York Times profiled the experiences of several employees working at a Memphis warehouse operated by XPO.[52][53][54] The warehouse had no windows or air conditioning, and sometimes temperatures there surpassed 100 °F (38 °C). The article described several cases of warehouse workers miscarrying, which were attributed to management's refusal to allow pregnant workers to avoid strenuous jobs.[55] According to the article and XPO employees, a worker died of cardiac arrest on the warehouse floor in 2017; employees said they were told by managers to continue working. A spokesperson for XPO called the allegations in the article "unsubstantiated, filled with inaccuracies", and claimed they were "fueled by the Teamsters".[52]

In October 2021, XPO agreed to pay $30 million to 784 drivers who said the company paid them less than minimum wage.[56][57]

See also

  • American Trucking Associations
  • Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (X)
  • Economy of Connecticut
  • Logistics companies

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Greenwich-based XPO Logistics to spin off truck-brokerage business on Tuesday". CT Insider. October 31, 2022. https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/XPO-Logistics-17543737.php. 
  2. ↑ "XPO, Inc. 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 13, 2023. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1166003/000116600323000017/xpo-20221231.htm. 
  3. ↑ "XPO Logistics Ranked Fourth Largest Freight Brokerage Firm and Top 50 Logistics Company". Reuters. November 13, 2013. https://www.xpo.com/solutions/transportation/freight-brokerage. 
  4. ↑ "Profile:XPO Logistics, Inc.". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?rpc=66&symbol=XPO. 
  5. ↑ "Facts and Figures". October 31, 2018. https://xpodotcomtest01.blob.core.windows.net/xpodotcomtest01blob01/xpo_pdfs/Newsroom/FactSheet-10.31.2018_KFeTOkW.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "XPO Logistics hires new CFO as it weighs asset sale". The Wall Street Journal. February 10, 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-hires-new-cfo-as-it-weighs-asset-sale-11581370818. 
  7. ↑ "XPO Logistics: Fast growth through acquisitions and management style". 17 November 2017. https://westfaironline.com/fairfield/xpo-logistics-fast-growth-acquisitions-management-style/. 
  8. ↑ "Jacobs puts $150 million into Express-1, aims big" (in en). 14 June 2011. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-express1/jacobs-puts-150-million-into-express-1-aims-big-idUSTRE75D6N720110614. 
  9. ↑ "XPO Logistics revenue's up as company manages changes". 9 August 2022. https://landline.media/xpo-logistics-revenues-up-as-company-manages-changes/. 
  10. ↑ Schott, Paul (2022-10-31). "Greenwich-based XPO Logistics to spin off truck-brokerage business on Tuesday" (in en-US). https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/XPO-Logistics-17543737.php. "After the spin-off, XPO will serve about 43,000 shippers, with 564 locations and 38,000 employees worldwide." 
  11. ↑ "Jacobs puts $150 million into Express-1, aims big" (in en). 14 June 2011. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-express1/jacobs-puts-150-million-into-express-1-aims-big-idUSTRE75D6N720110614. 
  12. ↑ "XPO's Billionaire Chairman Is Hunting for His Next Big Deal" (in en). Time. 27 November 2022. https://time.com/6237005/xpo-brad-jacobs-interview/. Retrieved 14 March 2023. 
  13. ↑ "Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned A $63M Bet Into A $12 Billion Transportation Empire" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2018/04/10/xpo-logistics-bradley-jacobs-billionaire/?sh=6daf5b5cca6c. 
  14. ↑ "XPO Logistics heads to NYSE". 11 June 2012. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/xpo-logistics-heads-to-nyse. 
  15. ↑ "XPO Logistics eyes up to $8bn in deals". Financial Times. May 3, 2018. https://www.ft.com/content/57ceaecc-4e44-11e8-a7a9-37318e776bab. 
  16. ↑ "US logistics group XPO buying France's Dentressangle". April 28, 2014. http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-us-logistics-group-xpo-buying-frances-dentressangle-2015-4?IR=T. 
  17. ↑ "XPO Logistics to Acquire Trucker Con-way in $3 Billion Deal". The Wall Street Journal. September 9, 2015. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-to-buy-con-way-1441834011. 
  18. ↑ "XPO Logistics Sells Truckload Shipping Business to TransForce for $558 Million". The Wall Street Journal. October 27, 2016. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-sells-truckload-shipping-business-to-transforce-for-558-million-1477598581. 
  19. ↑ "Here are the 15 New Companies Joining the Fortune 500". June 6, 2016. http://fortune.com/2016/06/06/fortune-500-companies-making-debuts/. 
  20. ↑ "Golf: XPO Logistics nominato partner ufficiale per i trasporti della Evian Championship" (in it-IT). SPORTFAIR. September 15, 2017. http://www.sportfair.it/2017/09/golf-xpo-logistics-nominato-partner-ufficiale-per-i-trasporti-della-evian-championship/603897/. 
  21. ↑ "XPO Moves The Tour: The Game". https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xpo-moves-the-tour-the-game/id1470472916. 
  22. ↑ O’Neal, Lydia (2022-03-25). "XPO Logistics Sells Intermodal Business to STG" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-sells-intermodal-business-to-stg-11648235219. 
  23. ↑ "XPO Logistics will now focus just on trucking, as it spins off and sells other businesses" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/xpo-logistics-will-focus-only-on-trucking-will-spin-off-sell-other-units.html. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Young, Liz (2022-08-04). "Brad Jacobs Will Step Aside as CEO of XPO Logistics" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bradley-jacobs-will-step-aside-as-ceo-of-xpo-logistics-11659643980. 
  25. ↑ "XPO Logistics Sells Intermodal Business to STG". https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-sells-intermodal-business-to-stg-11648235219. 
  26. ↑ "XPO Sets GXO Logistics as Name of New Spinoff Company" (in en). 18 March 2021. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/xpo-sets-gxo-logistics-name-new-spinoff-company. 
  27. ↑ Council, Jared (2021-04-10). "XPO Logistics Taps CIO for Supply-Chain Services Spinoff" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-taps-cio-for-supply-chain-services-spinoff-11618013923. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 O'Neal, Lydia (March 8, 2022). "XPO Logistics to Spin Off Freight Brokerage, Exit Intermodal and Europe Business". https://wsj-articles-legacy.sc.onservo.com/articles/xpo-logistics-to-spin-off-freight-brokerage-11646773380. 
  29. ↑ O'Neal, Lydia (May 9, 2022). "XPO Logistics Names CEO for New Freight Spinoff". https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-logistics-names-ceo-for-new-freight-spinoff-11652126580?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1. 
  30. ↑ Northington, Laurie (June 9, 2022). "XPO Taps Yoav Amiel as Chief Information Officer for Spin-Off". http://hfbusiness.com/hfbnow/articleid/22560/xpo-taps-yoav-amiel-as-chief-information-officer-for-spin-off. 
  31. ↑ "XPO Names New Tech Brokerage Company RXO". July 12, 2022. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/xpo-names-new-tech-brokerage-company-rxo. 
  32. ↑ "XPO Names New Tech Brokerage Company RXO" (in en). 12 July 2022. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/xpo-names-new-tech-brokerage-company-rxo. 
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  37. ↑ "XPO names former Old Dominion CFO to board of directors" (in en-US). https://www.transportdive.com/news/XPO-names-retired-Old-Dominion-CFO-J-Wes-Frye-to-board-of-directors/644770/. 
  38. ↑ Root, Al. "XPO Stock Soars. One Executive Is Worth More Than Half a Billion Dollars." (in en-US). https://www.barrons.com/articles/xpo-stock-soars-chief-operating-officer-4279c874. 
  39. ↑ Nakrosis, Stephen (2023-12-12). "XPO Gets Approval to Acquire 28 Service Centers as Part of Yellow’s Bankruptcy" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xpo-gets-approval-to-acquire-28-service-centers-as-part-of-yellows-bankruptcy-47619ecc. 
  40. ↑ "XPO ready to deploy 28 new service centers" (in en-US). 2023-12-13. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xpo-ready-deploy-28-centers-013841636.html. 
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  43. ↑ "XPO Logistics invests in IT for the long haul" (in en-US). https://www.cio.com/article/412675/xpo-logistics-invests-in-it-for-the-long-haul.html. 
  44. ↑ Nelissen, Leo (2023-02-20). "The Hidden Gem Of Logistics: XPO Inc.'s Untapped Potential (NYSE:XPO) | Seeking Alpha" (in en). https://seekingalpha.com/article/4580043-xpo-logistics-untapped-potential-hold. 
  45. ↑ "XPO Ramps Up Trailer Production in Arkansas" (in en). 25 March 2022. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/xpo-ramps-trailer-production-arkansas. 
  46. ↑ Gilroy, Roger (March 25, 2022). "XPO Ramps Up Trailer Production in Arkansas". https://www.ttnews.com/articles/xpo-ramps-trailer-production-arkansas. 
  47. ↑ Stocking, Richard (April 8, 2022). "Trucking is changing. Are you adapting?". https://www.ccjdigital.com/business/article/15290546/are-you-adapting-to-changes-in-the-trucking-industry. 
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  54. ↑ "Working conditions in Memphis warehouse linked to miscarriages, NYT reports". https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/10/22/memphis-xpo-logistics-verizon-miscarriages-nyt/1729659002/. 
  55. ↑ "Life and Death on the Warehouse Floor". 31 October 2018. https://msmagazine.com/2018/10/31/life-death-warehouse-floor/. 
  56. ↑ Roosevelt, Margot (2021-10-13). "Port truckers win $30 million in wage theft settlements". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-13/la-fi-port-trucker-xpo-settlements. 
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