Greg Gibson says some consider him a land developer. He says he's just a garbage man at heart.

Like Mike Rowe of television's "Dirty Jobs," Greg has had some pretty dirty jobs. At 15, his first job was cleaning bathrooms in his dad's trucking company. And, back in the day before the grabber was used on garbage trucks, Greg rode on the back of one collecting bags and tossing them in the back of the truck.

Greg graduated from Rose Hulman with a degree in civil engineering, but he told his dad that he saw a real business in the garbage collection industry. At 22 years old, Greg bought a 7-truck garbage business. That business he grew to collect 90% of Vigo County business. He sold that business and then later bought it back. Years later, he sold it again to Republic. Not keeping that company was one of the biggest mistakes in his career, he said. Mistakes are just a corner in your path, he said.

(A fun fact, Greg says he still gets calls when people's garbage is not picked up.)

Greg told CEO he's "an entrepreneur at heart." He said, "I'd rather make my own mistakes than have someone make them for me." His numerous ventures have included--a landfill operation, a portable toilet company, hotel development, the Convention Center development, a tire recycling business, casino business, and others.

Greg met with CEO in the Hulman & Co. Building at 9th and Wabash. He shared the 7th floor view of downtown Terre Haute. "It's clear I love Terre Haute and Vigo County. I feel there's stuff undone. There's things I'm willing to do."

Thank you to Greg Gibson, too,for being an investor with Vigo County CEO. Every year, the program produces new entrepreneurs who hopefully will see "stuff undone" in Terre Haute and be "willing to do" things to address them.
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