Gary W. Rollins (born August 30, 1944) is an American

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businessman. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of

Rollins, Inc. Rollins, Inc. is a North American pest control company serving residential and commercial clients. Operating globally through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Inc., PCO Services (now Orkin Canada), HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Ser ...

, the US's largest pest control company.

Early life

Rollins was born on August 30, 1944. His father was O. Wayne Rollins and his mother, Grace Crum Rollins. Rollins graduated with a bachelor of business administration degree from the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a public university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the ...

in 1967.

Career

Rollins was the CEO of

Orkin Orkin is an American company that provides residential and commercial pest control services. The company was founded in 1901 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Rollins Inc. in 1964. Orkin has held research collaborations with universities ...

until July 2009. He has been its chairman since February 2004. Additionally, he has been the CEO of

Rollins Inc. Rollins, Inc. is a North American pest control company serving residential and commercial clients. Operating globally through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Inc., PCO Services (now Orkin Canada), HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Ser ...

since July 2001. He serves on the board of director of RPC, Inc. On the ''

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'' 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #688 with a net worth of

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2.5 billion.

Personal life

He and his first wife, Ruth Magness, owned a 1,800-acre ranch near

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. They have four children. * Glen Rollins * Ruth Ellen Rollins * Nancy Louise Rollins * O. Wayne Rollins II Their son, Glen Rollins, married to Danielle, is suing his father and his uncle

Randall Rollins Richard Randall Rollins (November 5, 1931 – August 17, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Rollins Inc., the US's largest pest control conglomerate, which includes the Orkin Exterminating Company. Rollins was a v ...

, chairman of Rollins Inc, over "rightful cash allocations". Glen's three siblings have all joined him in the lawsuit, as has his mother Ruthie, who filed for divorce from Gary at about the same time. Randall Rollins' five children are taking their father and Gary's side. Glen and Danielle have also begun divorce proceedings. The family's "pest control empire" is worth about $8 billion. Rollins' second wife is Kathleen (Wingard) Rollins. In June 2018, it was announced that Rollins and wife Kathleen had given a gift of $40 million to his alma mater,

, in which the College of Business will now be named the Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

References

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