
When putting a house on the market, who has the edge when it comes to selling for a profit? Chances are — unless you’re a full-time real estate investor — it’s not you.

The Terry College of Business students know the famous name. In the 1960s, John W. “Jack” Rooker (BBA ’60) entered working life with his father — Terry alum William A. Rooker Sr. (BSC ’33) — at Southern Bonded Warehouse, a third-party logistics company that stored and shipped inventory for businesses in fast-growing Atlanta. In a few years, Jack evolved the family interests, launching an industrial real estate development company.