Ryder System, Inc.
A logistics and transportation company that leases and rents commercial trucks and trailers to businesses, and runs their supply chains, warehousing, and dedicated delivery fleets across North America and the UK. It began in 1933 when a 19-year-old Jim Ryder used a single Ford Model A truck to haul concrete for the Art Deco hotels going up on Miami Beach. The company name simply honors its founder—and his 1978 spinoff, Jartran, was an acronym for "James A. Ryder Transportation."