Company · Manufacturing · founded 1999
Smyrna Ready Mix
Concrete maker that Mike Hollingshead started with his wife in 1999. Forbes calls it the largest producer of ready mix concrete in the U.S., at 18.7 million cubic yards in 2025.
Of the 1 person here linked to Smyrna Ready Mix, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: forbes.com. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
1 person at Smyrna Ready Mix
Founder Still there
Role
Founder and chairman, 1999–now
Source
· high confidence. Forbes (updated September 2026) says he started the company with his wife in 1999 and calls him founder and chairman.
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Mike Hollingshead
Founder and chairman of Smyrna Ready Mix (SRM Concrete), the largest ready-mix concrete producer in the U.S.
trucker's son · outsider · no college