This Georgia Woman Made Forbes’ Self-Made 250. Here’s How She Did It.
Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Marcia Taylor never expected to grow her McDonough firm into a nearly $1 billion trucking and logistics giant.
“Even today I’m amazed at how much it has grown and how large it is,” Taylor said.
From a building behind a former truck stop in a part of Henry County that she said was once mostly cornfields, the Bennett Family of Companies has grown to about 1,200 employees and 4,500 owner-operators and drivers, with offices across the United States.
“My husband and I bought this company in ’74 and then he passed away in ’81,” said Taylor. Starting out, “I did not know the first thing about trucking, but I learned it from the ground up.”
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