Floyd Roger Hardesty is the founder and Chairman of United States Aviation Company, a charter and aircraft management firm. He also owns and oversees Mid-Continent/Midco Concrete Companies, one of Oklahoma’s largest ready-mix concrete producers, and he is CEO of Alliance Transportation, a Tulsa-based trucking company.
He built his early success on commercial and multi-family real estate development and property management. At one time, his holdings spanned 16 states. He also co-founded and was a major shareholder in BizJet International Sales and Support, which was sold to Lufthansa Technik in 2000. He’s an airplane buff, having owned two F-5 fighter planes and a Gulfstream V. With an estimated net worth of $500 million, he was on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in the 1980's.