The family owners of pest-control conglomerate Rollins Inc. have traditionally maintained a low profile. But recently “the family has begun a very public disintegration,”
the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
reported.
The children have filed suit against their father, the company CEO, over the family trust; their mother filed for divorce two days later; and … the company fired the CEO’s son.
Patriarch Orville Wayne Rollins — for whom the family’s charity, the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation, is named — died in 1991. The family’s battles come a year after the death of the 98-year-old matriarch, Grace Crum Rollins, the article said.
On Aug. 23, Glen W. Rollins, Ruth Ellen Rollins, Nancy Louise Rollins and O. Wayne Rollins II sued their father, Gary Rollins, 66; their uncle R. Randall Rollins, 78; and another board member, Henry B. Tippie, in Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court, seeking information on two trusts established for them. On Aug. 25, their mother, Ruth M. Rollins, filed for divorce from Gary after nearly 45 years of marriage, according to the report.
On Sept. 7. the Rollins board, led by Gary and R. Randall Rollins, fired Gary’s soon Glen, 44, who had been executive vice president of Rollins Inc. and leader of its most recognizable brand, Orkin pest control, the
Journal-Constitution
article said.
Rollins Inc. is majority-owned by the family, which also has interests in Dover Downs Entertainment, a Delaware company that owns a casino and hotel as well as horse and auto racing tracks, the report noted. (Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Sept. 10, 2010.)
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