After years of business success, the 62-year-old now devotes more time to his rare car collection, including a 1967 GT-500 Shelby Cobra and a Ford Roadster imported from Africa, and spends time "plowing" at the golf course.
Mr. Russell's rise was no accident, said Charles B. Lebovitz, chairman of the board for CBL & Associates Properties. "Emerson is one of the most entrepreneurial-minded executives that I've had the pleasure of doing business with over the years," Mr. Lebovitz said. Mr. Russell's father, a Church of God minister, taught him to spend only as much as he could afford, a lesson he said he has found useful in overseeing his 5,000-employee facilities services empire that stretches from coast to coast.
Mr. Russell's first chance to participate in the local economy was a job at Mosteller's Garage on Main Street sweeping floors for $6 per week. By age 12 he was running a wrecker truck, splitting his salary with his mother. Working his way up, learning every job he could, he saved enough money to open his own paint and body shop in 1966 at the age of 18. "I was too young to own property so it was in my dad's name," Mr. Russell said. "He made me pay for everything, I wasn't allowed to go into debt." In 1969, he joined the Chattanooga Police Department and became well versed with polygraph machines while still running his shop on the side, which he eventually sold in 1971. After getting bored with only one job he decided to start a security company while still working with the police department.
TIMELINE: Emerson Russell's career Main Street Paint & Body Shop -- 1966 to 1971 Chattanooga Police Department -- 1969 to 1977 Russell Security -- 1975 to 1986, Swan Services Inc. -- 1986 to 1991 ISS -- 1991 to 1993 ERMC -- 1998 to present Source: ERMC Fast facts * Total number of developments: 5 * Office locations nationwide: 11 * Number of locations where ERMC provides services: More than 185 Source: ERMC What services does ERMC provide? * Janitorial * Mechanical maintenance * Security * Food sanitation * Construction clean-up * Concrete polishing * CCTV monitoring & alarm services * Landscaping * Airport facility asset services Source: ERMC
He got his first contract to provide security guards for a warehouse when a number of polygraph tests he performed on a group of employees revealed evidence of theft, according to Mr. Russell. Stuck without guards for the warehouse, the owner, Bill Hudlow, "stayed after me for weeks to help him out." Mr. Russell accepted the job. His second contract, in 1972, was with Northgate Mall and his third was with the precursor to CBL & Associates, Arlen Realty and Development Corp., headed by Mr. Lebovitz. "Emerson approached us with the concept of providing security services at our properties," Mr. Lebovitz said. "From that idea, he has developed a major presence in the security industry, both locally and in many states." Mr. Russell sold the company for $58 million to Swan Services in 1986, restarted the company and sold it again in 1996, due to health issues, for stock in a new company, Mantech.
He later purchased Mantech back for $12 million, and has grown it into a $120 million company as of July 2010.
He's still looking for "something extra," he said. With a $20 million acquisition on the horizon and a number of new neighborhoods under development, Mr. Russell is just getting started.
| 48 months ago | Spenser, Nashville TN in Nashville, Tennessee said: I had worked for ERMC as a Security Director for 2 years. My time with them was filled with stupid challanges from the corporate office in Chattanooga, TN. Keep in mind the ERMC if a family owned company so when you might have a problem with one person, you actually have a problem with all of them. You are treated as a dumb slave and not as a professional trying to do your best. |
EMERSON E. RUSSELL, ET AL. v. TED W. BROWN, JR., M.D., ET AL.
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
William T. Alt, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellants, Emerson E. Russell and wife, Angie Russell.
James D. Robinson and Steven M. Roderick, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellees, Ted W. Brown, Jr., M.D., and Chattanooga Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, P.C.
Jennifer H. Lawrence, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellees, S. Morgan Smith, M.D., and Anesthesiology Consultants Exchange, Inc.
Judge: SUSANO
Emerson E. Russell (ãthe plaintiffä) and his wife, Angie Russell, brought this suit for medical malpractice against Dr. Ted W. Brown, Jr., seeking damages associated with injuries allegedly suffered by the plaintiff as a result of a surgical procedure performed by Dr. Brown. The plaintiff also named as a defendant Dr. S. Morgan Smith, the anesthesiologist who attended the plaintiffâs surgery. In the complaint, the plaintiff averred, among other allegations, that he was not adequately informed of alternative treatments for his snoring problem, and that he was not fully advised of the attendant risks of the procedure performed by Dr. Brown. A jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Following the trial, the defendants filed separate motions for discretionary costs, which motions were granted in part and denied in part. The plaintiff and his wife appeal, arguing that the plaintiff was not furnished sufficient information to enable him to give ãinformedä consent to the surgery performed by Dr. Brown. They also contend that the trial courtâs charge to the jury on the issue of informed consent did not adequately instruct the jury on the subject. Finally, they raise several issues pertaining to evidentiary matters. As a separate issue, the defendants contend that the trial courtâs awards of discretionary costs were inadequate. We affirm the judgment of the trial court with respect to the juryâs verdict. We modify the trial courtâs two awards of discretionary costs. As modified, those awards are affirmed.
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4 days ago | I heard that the CBL\ERMC mall in Lynchburg, Va. got rid of RSG, the landscaping contractors in favor of making 2 ERMC employees as landscaping employees to cut the grass and do all the jobs RSG did. Like 2 people can do everything a team of RSG landscapers did in 2 or 3 days to try and keep the place at least decent looking. |
6 days ago | Emerson Russel is a dirty **** in his own right. The man got where he is buy stealing from others and any businessmen that have delt with him will say the same. He hires family into positions that they are WAY underqualified for and pays them a ridiculous wage for doing it! This company is definitely all about who you know and don't piss off rather than how good you are at what you were hired to do. Don't be suprised if there are labor laws being broken in this company but being covered up! |
29 days ago | Also, for those in the "lower rungs", you guys making $8-$10.00 an hour. Don't feel too bad. Emerson Russell treats his corporate guys the same way. And quite a few of them have been fired at the snap of a finger. You can take a stroll around Chattanooga, and you won't have to go too far to find someone with an old bone to pick with good ol' Emerson. Google his name, you'll also find alot of interesting reading. |
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