Founded in 1961, Herman’s Plumbing has the distinction of being a thriving third-generation family-run business. That’s quite the achievement, considering only 30% of family run businesses survive into the second generation and only 12% of those make it to the third, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Herman “Bud” Weese was a farmer at heart until the 1950s when his brother Jack Weese asked him to help with his plumbing company in Midwest City. They worked together for 12 years before Bud Weese left to start another plumbing company with his cousin. They founded AMCO Plumbing in 1960, which became Herman’s Plumbing a year later when Bud Weese bought out his cousin and renamed the business.