Growing at full throttle: Echo Global Logistics a resounding success story

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Asset-light, Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics is on a roll.

In 2005 it set out “with one simple objective — to take the ‘complicated’ out of transportation management”. And it did it using a proprietary technology platform.

Just a decade later, its tailored supply chain management solutions command an equity valuation of $1bn. Its acquisition-led strategy, a balanced capital structure and an outstanding growth rate all contributed to a surge in its valuation in recent times, but its fortunes are deeper-rooted.

Its aggressive compensation ...