WERN

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

A trucking and logistics company based in Omaha, Nebraska, Werner Enterprises is one of the largest truckload carriers in North America, hauling freight like vans, flatbeds, and refrigerated goods for businesses across the continent. It was founded in 1956 when nineteen-year-old Clarence "C.L." Werner sold his family's car to buy a single Ford truck and named the business after himself. That one truck grew into a giant fleet — a start that earned C.L. a spot among Horatio Alger Award winners for his rags-to-riches story.