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Lawrence Hamtil

The Preferred Shares Podcast Episode 5: Otto Orkin & The Birth of the Modern Pest Control Industry

Posted on January 23, 2024March 15, 2024 by Lawrence Hamtil

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From 1998 through 2022, revenues for the domestic pest control industry have grown at around 6%, a rate roughly 50% higher than nominal GDP over the same period:

What’s more, the industry has proven resilient, showing year-over-year growth despite such economic headwinds as the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, the COVID19 pandemic, and so on:

In the episode of The Preferred Shares Podcast, we discuss the birth and evolution of the modern pest control industry as experienced by Orkin, the first pest control company with first a regional, then national, presence.

Please check out Episode 5 – The Rat Man: Otto Orkin and the Birth of the Modern Pest Control Industry

Disclaimer: Both the author and clients of Fortune Financial Advisors, LLC, own shares of Rollins, Inc., parent company of Orkin. Both Douglas Ott, co-host of The Preferred Shares Podcast, and clients of Andvari Associates, also own shares of Rollins, Inc.

Lawrence Hamtil

Lawrence Hamtil has served clients in all aspects of financial services during his career, which started in 2002. In 2005, he joined Dennis Wallace of Fortune Financial Services, LLC, In 2008, Dennis and Lawrence made the decision to become fully independent by founding their own Registered Investment Advisory (RIA), Fortune Financial Advisors, LLC. His financial commentary has been referenced in Barron’s, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. You can connect with Lawrence via email at .