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"Steve has succeeded
in achieving
signiˆcant growth
and proˆtability in
a tough cyclical
industry"
T H E J U D G E S S A Y
winner
2015
teve Troyer got his ¡rst
taste of hard work training
as a farrier while still in
high school. "We were
turning horses feet, put-
ting shoes on themµand
going to racetracks and
trying to ¡gure out how
to make them run better,"
says the 42-year-old Yukon
native, who moved south
to Fort St. John in his early
20s. In search of a new career—
one that would be less taxing
on his back—Troyer decided one
day to go to a local oil-and-gas
trade show, just as the industry
was taking o in the northeast.
"While I was there, I got talking
to a slick truck salesman, and he
told me that if I wanted to build
a steam truck with a pressure
washer, I'd be busy every day of
the year."
Troyer bought the truck,
and while he says he almost
went broke that ¡rst year, things
eventually turned around. In
time, one truck turned into two,
and two became three; today
Troyer Ventures Ltd. boasts a
"eet of 100 trucksµthat transport
waste liquids produced from oil
and gas extraction for custom-
ers ranging from Shell to Encana
to CN Rail.µTroyer now has two
B.C. o"ces in Fort St. John and
Fort Nelson, as well as three in
Alberta, with the company's
fortunes tracking those of B.C.'s
natural gas sector. But he's
reticent to call his company a
success. "We've managed to get
through this far, and work with
a lot of great people, but I don't
know if it's a success yet. We've
got plenty of room to grow." —J.P.
S
W I N N E R
S T E V E T R O Y E R
[ CEO, T ROYER VENTURES LTD. ]
