In interviews, Jacobs has stated that his entry into the truck brokerage industry was driven by a sense that the industry was ripe for consolidation due to extreme fragmentation, with only 15 percent of trucking outsourced to third-party brokers.
The industry was ripe for consolidation due to extreme fragmentation party brokers. This was with only 15 percent of trucking. This was what Jacobs has stated in interviews. This trucking was outsourced to third. His entry into the truck brokerage industry was driven by a sense this.