Waste Pro has been recognized as the third-largest privately-owned company in Central Florida in Orlando Business Journal’s annual “Golden 100” list. This is the tenth consecutive year Waste Pro has been in the top five. Waste Pro currently has more than 4,000 employees and more than 3,000 collection trucks in its fleet and operates in nearly all Florida counties.
As a privately-owned company, Waste Pro has a unique ability to expand operations and sustain consistent financial growth strategically and competitively. In addition to the “Golden 100,” Orlando Business Journal named Waste Pro one of the top employers in Seminole County, FL in May. In August, Waste Today Magazine named Waste Pro one of North America’s Top 50 Haulers.
Waste Pro’s Founder and Executive Board Chairman, John Jennings, founded Waste Pro in 2001. This year, Florida Trend named him one of Florida’s most influential business leaders in its annual “Florida 500” issue for the third consecutive year. Also this year, Jennings received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who and the Legacy Award from MSW Management.
A second-generation garbage man, Jennings has built Waste Pro into one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. His son, Sean Jennings, was named CEO earlier this year. The overall growth of Waste Pro has been systematic and strategic, gaining market share throughout the Southeastern footprint, including the expansion into southwestern Missouri, resulting in a revenue increase from $681 million in 2018 to $727 million in 2019.