The Freight Pod
The Freight Pod
Andrew Silver
Ep. #57, Part 1: Jeff Silver, CEO & Founder of Mastery Logistics Systems
1 hour 44 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Intro to FreightPod
Sponsor Shoutout: Rapido Solutions Group
Rapido's Impact on the Logistics Industry
Meet Jeff Silver: A Freight Industry Pioneer
The Acquisition of Backhaulers by CH Robinson
College Days and Career Choices
Language Learning and Cultural Insights
Overcoming Challenges in Freight Brokerage
Founding Backhaulers: The Early Days
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In this special two-part episode, Andrew sits down with his dad, Jeff Silver, CEO and founder of Mastery Logistics Systems. This is part one, beginning with Jeff’s life in 1980 at the University of Michigan. In 1984, Jeff joined Paul Loeb and others in building what became American Backhaulers, one of the industry’s first and most successful freight brokerages. C.H. Robinson acquired American Backhaulers in 1999, and a key driver of that industry-changing deal was Express, the technolog...