Les Schwab

American entrepreneur who built Les Schwab Tire Centers from a single tire store in Prineville, Oregon into a Pacific Northwest retail empire with 500+ stores — through a profit-sharing model that turned employees into motivated owners and an extraordinary service standard.

Built the most successful profit-sharing tire retail chain in America — giving employees meaningful stakes in store profits — creating a service culture where employees ran to greet customers (literally) because they were economically aligned with the store's success.