The pest control industry has created several billionaires, primarily through building and owning large publicly traded or family-owned pest control companies that have grown through decades of recurring service revenue and acquisitions. The most prominent pest control billionaires are members of the Rollins family of Atlanta, Georgia. Gary Rollins, who served as CEO of Rollins Inc., the parent company of Orkin, for many years, and his family members are billionaires, with the Rollins family collectively worth over 10 billion dollars. Rollins Inc. was founded by John W. Rollins and O. Wayne Rollins, and the family still owns a controlling stake. Another major billionaire in the sector is the family behind Rentokil Initial, the UK-based company that now owns Terminix and is the largest pest control company in the world. While not a single household name, its large institutional and family shareholders have massive wealth tied to pest control. In Germany, the Deichmann family and others connected to large facility service groups have significant pest control holdings. More recently, founders of newer pest control consolidators and private equity roll-ups have become extremely wealthy, such as the founders of companies like Anti-Cimex. The Nolen family that owns Truly Nolen is very wealthy with hundreds of millions in estimated net worth but not typically listed as billionaires. Pest control is attractive for wealth creation because it is recession-resistant and has high recurring revenue.
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