U-Haul International President J.T. Taylor Honored with TRALA’s Legacy Award

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--John “J.T.” Taylor, longtime President of U-Haul International, has been presented the Truck Renting and Leasing Association’s (TRALA) Steve Lawrence Legacy Award.

TRALA honored Taylor during the closing dinner of its annual national meeting on April 15 in Scottsdale. Named for a founding board member of TRALA, the Legacy Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership and long-term dedication to the association and the industry it represents.

Taylor’s decades of leadership across the truck renting and leasing industry have helped make U-Haul the leader in do-it-yourself moving and self-storage.

“J.T. has been active within TRALA for many years and has always been supportive of the association and its advocacy work,” said Jake Jacoby, TRALA President and CEO. “TRALA greatly appreciates his many contributions to our association.”

Taylor has served on TRALA’s Board of Directors for more than 20 years and has chaired the association’s security committee, where he has shaped industry-wide standards on safety and asset protection.

Taylor’s U-Haul career spans 45 years and nearly every corner of the business. He has served as vice president of Rates and Distribution, payroll manager, director of Revenue Accounting, and senior auditor, among other roles. He was named President of U-Haul International in 2006 and has held the position for the past two decades.

In 2000, he received the U-Haul Hap Carty E&E (Economy and Effectiveness) Award, the highest internal honor given within the Company.

Taylor’s leadership directly supports nearly 2,000 Team Members at the U-Haul Midtown Campus in Phoenix — where U-Haul International has been headquartered since 1967 — and a workforce of more than 36,000 across the U.S. and Canada.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Taylor also holds an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He has served on the U-Haul Board of Directors since 1990.

About U-HAUL

Founded in 1945, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 24,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 203,000 trucks, 137,400 trailers and 41,700 towing devices. U-Haul, which offers rate transparency to self-storage customers through its 1-Year Price Lock, is the third largest storage operator in North America with 1,126,800 rentable storage units and 98 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. Get the U-Haul app from the App Store or Google Play.