Robert Hicks, owner of Benton, La.-based Speedway Plumbing, opened his business in January 2012. He got started in the business 18 years ago, when he was 22. After high school, Hicks got a job at a temp agency, which in turn placed him as a plumber’s apprentice with a local plumbing company. He was mentored by the owner and decided to go for his journeyman’s license.
“It has become a passion of mine to help people when they are in need and I thoroughly enjoy the field of customer service,” Hicks says. Thirteen years later, he ventured on to receive his master plumber’s license.