Kentucky.comR.J. "Rick" Corman, the Jessamine County entrepreneur who built a backhoe business into a multimillion-dollar railroad and construction company, died Friday. He was 58.
Company spokesman Noel Rush said Mr. Corman died about 11 a.m. at his home in Nicholasville. Rush said the company's officials would have a statement later.
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As the founder and sole owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, Mr. Corman presided over the Nicholasville-based company that became one of only two major companies offering 24-hour emergency derailment cleanup for railways.
The company employs more than 1,100 people in 22 states. In a profile of Mr. Corman published in March 2011, Fortune magazine estimated the company's 2010 annual revenues at $300 million and after-tax profits at $50 million.
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