Interview: Willy Schlacks on the EquipmentShare vision

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

08 October 2025

Co-founder and president of EquipmentShare, Willy Schlacks, tells Murray Pollok about the company’s unique approach to rental, progress on its depot roll-out, and its ‘sweet spot’ working on mega projects.

Willy Schlacks is as fluent a talker as there is the rental industry, but his words in our interview are backed up by remarkable numbers: from its 2015 founding, it is now a US$3.8 billion rental and technology business with around 348 locations in the US and a fleet…

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