Harry Wayne Huizenga drove a Florida garbage route before building Waste Management, Blockbuster, and AutoNation into three Fortune 500 companies
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Harry Wayne Huizenga began by collecting garbage in Florida before building business empires through Waste Management, Blockbuster, and AutoNation.
The entrepreneurial path of Harry Wayne Huizenga started with garbage collection, using one truck and one route among commercial customers in Florida. In 1962, he borrowed money to buy a $5,000 truck and acquire 20 commercial clients, then founded Southern Sanitation Service.
Huizenga expanded his original trash hauling company to success by merging Southern Sanitation with a company run by his widowed aunts to establish Waste Management Inc., which grew into the world’s largest waste collection and disposal company. He later entered the video-rental and automobile retail businesses, building Blockbuster and AutoNation into major companies.
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