A teenage bob shaw drove a truck for his father s company.
Bob shaw carpet.
Just as silicon valley is home to the tech industry detroit is home to the auto industry north georgia between calhoun and chattanooga tennessee is home to the carpet industry.
Bob shaw dalton ga.
His 7 3 million common shares in the company he.
And then we throw in something extra like lifetime warranties against stains and soils and warranties for wear up to 20 years.
The shaws began making carpet in 1967 with the acquisition of the philadelphia carpet company in cartersville.
Our founder bob shaw doesn t do things halfway when he set out to re imagine the carpet industry he did so with the intent of creating the best possible product.
Shaw organized a holding company to acquire philadelphia carpet company founded in 1846.
Actually bob shaw is king of the carpet industry.
Shaw industries also moved into hardwood and vinyl flooring.
With his now retired brother j c.
If i didn t get out soon my boys would retire before i did.
Golf got boring for bob shaw godfather of the carpet industry after he sold the company that.
In 1958 robert shaw became ceo of the company which was then jointly owned by the two brothers.
Shaw then spent four years at the university of the south across the mountains in sewanee tenn without earning a degree.
A pattern was set.
Shaw bob shaw built shaw industries into the world s largest carpet manufacturer with sales of 3 billion.
Bob shaw former head of shaw industries came out of retirement and is chairman of engineered floors.
With 300 000 in sales the company expanded dramatically and soon started finishing carpet as shaw industries.
When it comes to carpet and housing starts businessman bob shaw likes to say there has been a depression over most of the past decade or so.
We started down in 2006 and hit the bottom in 2008.
Grow by acquisition invest in technology and branch out into virtually every facet of the industry s production to delivery system.