Louis Flory
Louis Flory is an American entrepreneur and the founder and president of Effex Management Solutions, which provides contingent staffing and on-site management for manufacturing, logistics and distribution businesses. He also operates the car-content channel The Gentleman’s Garage and has been interviewed by School of Hard Knocks.
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Key facts
Early Life: Birth and Upbringing
Louis Flory was born in Houston and spent part of his childhood living with his grandparents on a farm.[1]
Education
He studied international business with a Spanish minor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He said he did not finish his studies.[1]
Entering the Staffing Industry
After leaving college, he entered temporary staffing through a sales role.[2]
2007Founding Effex
December 2014Michigan Expansion Plans
Effex announced plans to staff three automotive plants in Alto, Grand Haven and Newaygo, Michigan, covering 470 positions and dedicated on-site management teams.[4]
2015Multistate Operations
A contemporaneous Smart Business report described Effex as serving 21 clients at 27 locations across nine states.[2]
June 25, 2015EY Regional Entrepreneur Award
He received the Business Services category award in EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year Gulf Coast Area program, a regional competition.[3]
March 2016Workforce Management Webinar
Following an Effex–IndustryWeek webinar, he published a Q&A discussing employee referrals, training pilots and exit interviews as approaches to reducing workforce turnover.[5]
February 22, 2019Community Recognition
Humble Area Assistance Ministries honored him among its Pillars of the Community for his community support. Effex also sponsored the event.[6]
2019–2021Company Disability Discrimination Case and Settlement Report
In September 2019, the EEOC sued Effex, alleging that it fired an employee because of cancer and treatment-related leave, violating disability discrimination law. In March 2021, Law360 reported that the company agreed to settle. The allegations concerned the company and do not establish a judicial finding of personal wrongdoing by Louis Flory.[7][8]
April 2024Car Channel Registration
The Gentleman’s Garage YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel lists April 2 as its registration date. Its videos cover car collecting, driving experiences and his business journey.[9][10]
August 21, 2024School of Hard Knocks Interview
School of Hard Knocks released a long interview covering his car collection, entrepreneurship and negotiation experience. He projected about $300 million in company revenue that year; this was his own estimate of business revenue.[10]
November 2024Food Manufacturing Summit Presentation
He reported on his public professional profile that he spoke at the American Food Manufacturing Summit, held in Chicago on November 7–8, discussing workforce management and food production efficiency.[11]
Business Model
Effex serves manufacturers, logistics and distribution businesses through teams handling recruitment, interviews and daily workforce management. It describes a one-client-per-market model intended to reduce competition for the same labor pool. Its current website lists Louis Flory as president.[12][13]
Business Financing Experience
He recalled using invoice factoring to fund payroll early in the business, later moving to bank credit lines and reinvesting profits.[10]
Public Accounts
Sources
- The Flory File — Time to rethink the staffing industry (opens in a new window)
- Louis Flory saw an opportunity to remake the staffing industry, and formed Effex Management Solutions (opens in a new window)
- Effex CEO Louis Flory Wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 in Gulf Coast Area (opens in a new window)
- Effex Management Solutions Creates 470 New Jobs in Michigan (opens in a new window)
- Stop Turnover at the Source: Webinar Q&A (opens in a new window)
- HAAM Banquet recognizes 2019 Pillars of the Community (opens in a new window)
- Effex Management Solutions Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination (opens in a new window)
- Staffing Co. Agrees To Settle Ex-Worker’s Disability Bias Suit (opens in a new window)
- The Gentleman’s Garage — YouTube (opens in a new window)
- I Had to Beg Borrow & Steal.. Now I Make $300 Million (opens in a new window)
- Louis Flory — Effex Management Solutions (opens in a new window)
- Our Company — Effex Management Solutions (opens in a new window)
- Effex Management Solutions — Workforce Management (opens in a new window)