APROFILE: Chris Bolin – Bonding with Bolin
With almost 35 years of RTO success & leadership behind him, Chris Bolin understands more than ever: You gotta have friends
Chat briefly with Chris Bolin, and you may be tempted to pigeonhole him as a stereotypical Southern gentleman – from his coiffed silver hair and rosy apple cheeks to his drawly Tennessee twang and easy gracious manner, he definitely bears the hallmarks of his hometown below the Mason-Dixon line.
And Bolin is a for-real Southern gentleman, no doubt. But beneath his lilting accent and dapper countenance, he is also an ambitious, industrious, and resolute rent-to-own professional with almost 35 years of career success behind him and a trio of independent stores that continue to grow.
“In February, Bolin Rental Purchase will turn 22 years old, and we still have the same three stores we’ve had for the past decade or so – Clarksville in Tennessee, and in Kentucky, Hopkinsville and Madisonville,” Bolin begins. “Since 2014, the business has grown each year in profitability and revenue, and two of the locations themselves have gotten bigger; Clarksville is now in a huge 18,000-square-foot space, and Hopkinsville is at 12,000 square feet. And we’ve got our corporate office and warehouse both in Clarksville, too.”
