Thomas E. Love, The owner, founder, and executive chairman of Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores. Initially, Love owned restaurants and car washes, until he discovered an opportunity in abandoned gas stations.
In January 1964, Love and his wife Judy leased a self-service gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma. Love went on to open another 30 gas stations. Then in 1971, he decided to merge self-service gas stations with convenience stores, and the business continued to grow.
What does Tom Love do?
American billionaire businessman. Tom Love, died on Tuesday in his hometown of Oklahoma City after an extended illness, the company announced. Love’s sun-yellow signs featuring cartoonish hearts are a fixture of highways throughout the US, offering a spot to refuel, get food, and even repair tires.
The company originated with a single gas station, which Love grew to a chain of 40 before the oil embargoes of the 1970s forced him to seek ways to diversify his revenue stream.
