Lana Pol was just a high school student when her father, Wayne, and oldest brother started Geetings Inc., a trucking company in Pella, Iowa, in 1972.
“My father had a sixth-grade education but had a brilliant mind,” Pol told IW Features.
Now, more than 50 years later, Pol runs the family operation as its president and owner, overseeing some 68 employees across four businesses.
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“I kind of got thrown into that world that I really wasn’t expecting to be in,” she said.
Pol’s father died unexpectedly in 1993, her mother retired at age 80, and in the years since, her older brothers have retired — “which left me as sole survivor, I always call it!” she said. But this “sole survivor” still sticks to her
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