Ruan

Ruan was founded during a very challenging time. It was the Great Depression. John Ruan’s father had passed away, and someone needed to provide for the family. So, despite the risk, the 18-year-old sold his family’s car, bought a truck, and began hauling gravel around Iowa. Ruan Transportation Management Systems was born.   

Today, more than 89 years after that first load of gravel was shoveled by hand, Chairman John Ruan IV and CEO Ben McLean—part of the third generation of the Ruan family—