James “Pepper” Rutland took many of the life lessons he learned through athletics and applied them to running his business. That approach has certainly paid off, as MMR, the company he leads, has become the largest privately owned merit shop electrical and instrumentation contractor in the U.S., with 5,000 employees and more than $768 million
Hall of Fame | James “Pepper” Rutland: Failure was not an option
James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.




