A look back at the remarkable career of Ed Sloan Sr.

by Philip F. Jacobus, CEO | August 19, 2019

From the August 2019 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

Ironically, when I started in the business, the GE tube division in Owensboro, Kentucky called me and wanted to sell a semi-trailer of surplus industrial and receiving tubes. I took a Greyhound bus to Owensboro and was shown a lumber yard full of surplus tubes. GE told me they needed the space and I could fill a 40 foot semi with tubes for $500. 24 hours later I was on my way home with a semi-trailer loaded with tubes that funded the start of Richardson Electronics growth.
- Ed Richardson, CEO of Richardson Electronics

Chad Fowlkes

Shortly after the start of my career in this industry, I was given the opportunity to work for Mr. Sloan. During my five years at Ed Sloan and Associates, Ed provided opportunities to grow my skill set and rise to a management position. When the day came for me to branch out and start my own business, Ed was very supportive. He is one of the most genuine figures in our industry that treats the janitor with the same respect as the CEO. To this day, I consider Ed Sloan a mentor and personal friend whom I will always appreciate and respect!

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Stephen Hodgson

In early 2014 I had a surreal meeting with Ed Sloan and others, to discuss the possibility of creating the largest independent healthcare services company in Europe. Its Ed Sloan, so it is going to happen right? Today that company operates in over 20 countries, employs more than 3,000 people and is known as Althea. When Ed Sloan thinks big, it’s time to step up and think as big as you can.

I have the privilege of working with Ed Sloan, let me just say that he is a man who, at 78, has remarkable stamina. For instance, Christmas parties are usually a lot of fun but if you are in the infancy of setting up an international business, then Christmas looks a little different. With budgets having to be set, presentations made and speeches to be made in Poland, Switzerland, France, Italy, UK and the US, even the most seasoned of us will find this a little tiring. With excess food, drink & socializing along with grueling flight schedules and very late evenings, there is a limit on how many parties one can cope with. Not Ed Sloan, last to bed, up first for breakfast, 14 hour days.


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