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Treasure in the Trash

When he was 18, high school dropout Hunter Moore saw an opportunity to provide “lumping and logistics” staffing to companies needing to load and unload trucks and find drivers. With Memphis-based Moore Advanced, the 22-year-old now serves difficult-to-staff industries like recycling plants.
FULL CIRCLE Where others see waste, Hunter Moore finds business opportunity—like in this recycling plant in Memphis that his company, Moore Advanced, staffs and cleans.

HUNTER MOORE Moore Advanced → Three-year growth 2,806.9% 2016 revenue $4 MILLION

I WAS 16 WHEN MY FATHER passed away unexpectedly from a G.I. bleed. I was living just south of Memphis, and wound up dropping out of high school. I’d broken my hip playing football when I was 12, and as a result I had medical issues until I was 15, so school

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