Todd Richard Pedersen
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About
American entrepreneur who is best known as the CEO and founder of Vivint, Inc., a home automation, security and energy company. Vivint, Inc. was acquired in late 2012 by the Blackstone Group.
Before Fame
He attended Idaho Falls High School and graduated from Brigham Young University. In 1992 he began selling pest-control services door-to-door from a small business with 10 employees based in a trailer in Arizona.
Trivia
In 2015, he was featured in the sixth season finale of the CBS reality show, Undercover Boss. That same year he was inducted into the David Eccles School of Business Hall of Fame.
Family Life
He is the fourth of eleven children, and grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He had five children with his wife Andie Pedersen.
Associated With
He and Elon Musk are both entrepreneurs.
