How it Began
In 1983, Express Employment Professionals was co-founded by Bob Funk. Today, the company annually employs over 552,000 people across more than 825 franchise locations worldwide.
Their long-term goal is at the heart of their company's vision, to help as many people as possible find good jobs by helping as many clients as possible find good people. Express Employment Professionals have utilized the Express Clydesdales as a neighborhood marketing tool for the Express brand since 1998.
It was then when Bob Funk visited the longstanding Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan. While there, he met and fell in love with the rare and beautiful black and white Clydesdales. Mr. Funk saw an opportunity to bring something entirely new and different to his home state of Oklahoma, a state steeped in its own rich equestrian history. He intuitively knew that the Clydesdales would become a unique tourist attraction. Not only do the Express Clydesdales meet thousands of visitors each year at home in the beautiful and historic Clydesdale barn but they travel across North America as good-will ambassadors for Express Employment Professionals and Express Ranches.
Since 1991, Express Ranches has grown into the largest purebred seedstock operation in America, selling the most registered Angus and Hereford bulls and females in the country during its six annual sales at the Yukon ranch.
Mr. Funk saw an opportunity to bring something entirely new and different to his home state of Oklahoma, a state steeped in its own rich equestrian history. He intuitively knew that the Clydesdales would become a unique tourist attraction. Not only do the Express Clydesdales meet thousands of visitors each year at home in the beautiful and historic Clydesdale barn but they travel across North America as good-will ambassadors for Express Employment Professionals and Express Ranches.
Since 1991, Express Ranches has grown into the largest purebred seedstock operation in America, selling the most registered Angus and Hereford bulls and females in the country during its six annual sales at the Yukon ranch.
