Class: 2015 Age: 29 Company: BigRentz
Dallas is CEO of BigRentz, which he launched in 2012 as a nationwide online heavy-equipment rental network with locations in more than 2,000 cities. The supplier network consists of 1,100 rental partners with more than 7,000 rental locations. The business has grown 300 percent year over year.
Imbimbo “saw an opportunity to innovate an overwhelmingly traditional industry by implementing technology into the construction equipment rental process,” says Anna Sork, marketing coordinator.
Education: B.A. Communications, University of California-Davis.
Professional accomplisments: In 2014, BigRentz was recognized by Orange County Business Journal as the No.1 Fastest-Growing Private Companies and Best Places to Work. While attending college, I launched my first company, PackMyDorm, providing college students with summer storage solutions. PackMyDorm was sold to a nationwide moving company in 2011. In 2010, my co-founder and I founded Kush Bottles, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of wellness containers in the emerging holistic health industry, recently named to Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.
Off the clock: I have a passion for traveling and exploring new cultures. My favorite book, Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, describes the moment at which an idea or trend tips over into a growing epidemic.
Extracurricular: I’ve helped support Habitat for Humanity, the ALS Association, and a number of local community projects such as POW! WOW!
Fun fact: In 2008, I appeared on The Amazing Race, competing with my mother as my teammate.
