| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: CHRW NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Freight services |
| Founded | Grand Forks, North Dakota (1905) |
| Headquarters | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Key people | John P. Wiehoff (Chairman and CEO) |
| Revenue | US$ 9.274 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | US$ 622.9 million (2010)[1] |
| Net income | US$ 387.0 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | US$ 1.996 billion (2010)[1] |
| Total equity | US$ 1.204 billion (2010)[1] |
| Employees | 7,628 (December 2010)[1] |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRW) is a Fortune 500 third-party logistics provider which provides domestic and international freight transportation and logistics services.
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Charles Robinson (born in New York City) incorporated C.H. Robinson Company in 1905 in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, as a produce and general merchandise brokerage firm. After several years, Robinson expanded their business to address the complex problem of how to transport and distribute perishable products by horse and buggy before they spoil.
In 1968, the company entered the regulated trucking business with a contract carrier known as Meat Packers Express, and later created ROBCO Transportation as an irregular route carrier. Robinson became wholly owned by its employees in 1976. In 1978, The Fresh1 brand was introduced for Robinson’s produce brokerage business. Robinson bought its first IBM mainframe in 1979, which began an era of centrally supported technology, electronics communications and information sharing.
The passage of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 deregulated transportation, allowing C.H. Robinson to act as a freight brokerage for any type of product. In 1986, ROBCO was divested and Robinson became a completely non-asset based logistics provider. The company went public on October 16, 1997, as C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ: CHRW).
On March 4, 2010, Fortune magazine named C. H. Robinson as the most admired transportation, trucking, and logistics company in the world.
John P. Wiehoff took over as CEO from D.R. “Sid” Verdoorn in 2002, who remained as chairman of the board until his retirement in 2006, at which time Wiehoff assumed the role of Chairman
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