Record #:

11415

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

On December 1, 1941, R. Y. Sharpe opened his business, Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc., in Winston-Salem. Today, the company, still family-owned, is among the country's major truck lines. Pilot has forty-four terminals along its routes, with 850 tractors, 1,700 trailers, and other specialized carriers to move the freight. The staff numbers around 2,200. Sharpe, president of the company, is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 33 Issue 7, July 1975, p13-14, 16, por

Subject(s):

Family-owned business enterprises--Winston-Salem; Trucking--Winston-Salem; Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc.