L.T. Gibson has been president and chief executive officer of US LBM, the largest privately held full-line distributor of specialty building materials in the United States, since he founded the company in 2009. Offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialty products, including windows, doors, millwork, wallboard, roofing, siding, engineered components and cabinetry, US LBM combines the scale and operational advantages of a national platform with a local go-to-market strategy through its national network of locations across the country.

For more than 25 years, L.T. has overseen multiple startups, integrations and turnarounds for both small and large companies in the building materials industry. He founded US LBM in 2009 with three divisions operating 16 locations; today, the company has a workforce of over 15,000 associates at more than 450 locations across the country.

L.T. believes that a company should care for its employees first and help them realize their full potential so they can better care for the customer. An employee- and culture-driven company, US LBM is built on the values of people, partnership, operational excellence, continuous improvement and empowerment to create a business that is hyper-focused, responsive to customer needs and improves faster than its competitors in the rapidly changing building materials industry.

L.T. holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Morehead State University in Kentucky and has attended executive leadership programs at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and IMD, one of the world’s top schools for executive education.