On this episode of The Forum with CNBC’s Becky Quick, Brad Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of QXO, Inc., joins Sara Eisen, Co-Anchor of Squawk on the Street and Money Movers on CNBC, for a conversation on building and scaling multi-billion-dollar companies across industries.

Over the course of his career, Jacobs has founded and scaled multiple Fortune 500 companies using a distinctive playbook rooted in transformative M&A and operational rigor. He discusses how he identifies the right industries, allocates capital with discipline, and avoids the most common pitfalls in mergers and acquisitions, explaining why scale, market structure, and cost of capital matter more than timing the economic cycle.

Jacobs also outlines the integration strategies that turn acquisitions into growth engines, including organizational design, procurement, logistics, compensation, and technology-driven productivity. Throughout the discussion, he emphasizes disciplined execution as the foundation of long-term value creation.

Speakers

• Brad Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of QXO, Inc.
• Sara Eisen, Co-Anchor, Squawk on the Street and Money Movers, CNBC

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