[7] His father and uncle, John W. Rollins, would later move from farming to business ventures.
[3] After he graduated high school, Randall worked for his uncle and father and learned company operations.
[7][8] His father and uncle purchased a radio station in Radford, Virginia, which became the Rollins Broadcasting Company.
The company diversified to citrus farms and personal hygiene by acquiring Satin Soft cosmetics.
[10] In 1964, Rollins Broadcasting purchased the Orkin Exterminating Company for $62.4 million in the first leveraged buyout in the history of the U.S.[3][10] Randall was named the head of Orkin while he continued to work on expanding Rollins Broadcasting.
[3][8] In 2001, Marine Products Corporation was a spinoff company from RPC Energy Services.
[17] In 2019, the foundation donated $65 million to fund the R. Randall Rollins building at Emory.
[18] The foundation also has the Candler School of Theology and the O. Wayne Rollins Research Center.
[22] His nephew, Glen Rollins, the lead plaintiff married to Danielle, sued over "rightful cash allocations.
"[2] Glen's three siblings joined him in the lawsuit, as did his mother, Ruthie, who filed for divorce from Gary at about the same time.