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Daseke company history timeline
In 2008, Don Daseke began expanding his operations with the purchase of Smokey Point Distributing (SPD), which focuses in hauling large, cumbersome, aviation-related cargo.
In 2011, Daseke added E. W. Wylie, a company with a large amount of business in Canada.
Three months later, Daseke added Central Oregon Truck Company (COTC). By November 2013, Daseke merged with The Boyd Companies, a carrier with four companies under its umbrella: Boyd Bros.
Two years later, in 2013, J. Grady Randolph (JGR), a four-generation, family-owned South Carolinian carrier joined Daseke.
2014 saw the addition of Lone Star Transportation, a Fort Worth carrier with a presence in Mexico.
To end 2017 strong, December brought three more companies to the Daseke family - The Roadmaster Group, TSH & Co. and Moore Freight Service, Inc.
Daseke acquired two additional companies in 2018, Aveda Transportation and Energy Service and Builders Transportation Co.
In 2018, Bharat Mahajan was appointed as the chief financial officer for Daseke.
In addition to this appointment, Daseke announced Chris Easter as the chief operations officer early in 2019.
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Daseke competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | 1924 | $5.2B | 19,000 | 2 |
| Livingston International | 1945 | $650.0M | 3,300 | 61 |
| Werner Enterprises | 1956 | $3.0B | 12,784 | 100 |
| Kansas City Southern | 1887 | $3.4B | 6,655 | - |
| Hub Group | 1971 | $3.9B | 2,001 | 365 |
| UPS | 1907 | $91.1B | 481,000 | 1,877 |
| Celadon Group | 1985 | $1.1B | 5,975 | 14 |
| Old Dominion Freight Line | 1934 | $5.8B | 19,779 | 165 |
| Ryder System | 1933 | $12.6B | 39,900 | 6,267 |
| Schneider National | 1935 | $5.3B | 19,600 | 79 |
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