CRST president, CEO Mike Gannon discusses trucking company’s past, present and future

It’s become a tradition of sorts for CRST to be named the Corridor Business Journal’s Largest Privately Held Company.

The Cedar Rapids-based trucking firm has topped the CBJ’s LPH list every time it’s been published — in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023 and again this year.

But the 2025 designation hasn’t come without its challenges. CRST’s revenue has declined nearly 25%, from…