The way Ben Gase talks about the fragmented logistics industry is noteworthy considering his own company’s history.
“The industry definitely needs consolidation,” said Gase, the CEO and founder of the Dallas-based non-asset based provider of third party logistics. “Not just logistics companies, but the asset-based trucking companies. There’s just too many of them.”
Since R2 was founded in 2007, it hasn’t been acquired by anyone, not even a portion of the company by a private equity firm.…