How It Grew: Founded in 1973 as a regional aviation supply and logistics company, Avfuel was acquired in 1983 by Craig Sincock, a private pilot with an investment-banking background. At the time, the company had around 10 employees but, thanks partly to more than two dozen acquisitions, it now works with around 100 refiners worldwide and employs about 700 people. The company’s Cessna Citation XLS+ and single-engine Corvalis have been “indispensable” to its success, says Sincock, who remains president and CEO.
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