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Topic: Building products industry

The building products industry is a large and sprawling market that encompasses residential, infrastructure, and commercial real estate construction and renovation.

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The podcast episodes provided focus on the plans of Brad Jacobs, an entrepreneur and industry consolidator, to reshape the building supplies distribution industry through his new company QXO.

Jacobs has a history of starting, consolidating, and growing whole industries, including trucking, warehousing, freight brokerage, and equipment rental. His goal with QXO is to acquire and build a major player in the building supplies distribution market, which he sees as ripe for consolidation and efficiency improvements.

The episodes discuss Jacobs' plans in detail, including the $4.5 billion he has raised to fund acquisitions and his strategy of rolling up smaller players in the fragmented industry.

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