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Steve Porter is a blue-collar dealmaker who buys, fixes and runs businesses that make money. He's COO of Innovative Recycling and has worked in tire recycling since 2015, after a career in insurance claims, surgical implant sales and custom homebuilding. He earned his private pilot's license in 2026 and flies himself between plants. He used to own Kensington Contracting, a roofing and siding insurance restoration company. He owns single-family homes and multifamily apartment buildings, has sold a number of commercial office buildings, and puts his business cash flow into real estate. He's on X as @StevePorterOH.

Steve Porter is the Blue-Collar Dealmaker: an operator who learned business on claim files, in operating rooms, on job sites and on the plant floor.

Right out of high school he became one of the youngest claim handlers at Allstate Insurance while going to school full time. He moved into medical and surgical sales and distribution, working with hip, knee and spine implants plus human bone and tissue, at a company that imported its own instruments and implants and handled FDA approval. In 2014 he co-founded Kensington Custom Builders, a custom homebuilder.

In 2015 he brokered an asset purchase of a tire shredding company to save his in-laws' tire transport business, and he's been in tire recycling ever since. Today he's COO of Innovative Recycling, works on operations and finance with Willig Tire Recycling in Galion, Ohio, and is an owner in tire transport, tire processing and two tire and auto shops, and he has advised partners' businesses in metal recycling, waste hauling, portable toilets, car washes and oil changes. His businesses collect across four states with combined capacity around 10 million tires a year. In 2026 he earned his private pilot's license, and he now flies himself between the plants.

He also helped run Wonderbar Health and Beauty in 2010 and used to own Kensington Contracting, a roofing and siding insurance restoration company. He started youhold.io to tokenize real estate on the blockchain, then shelved it when SEC reporting costs didn't make sense on inexpensive northern Ohio rentals.

Steve lives in Ohio with his wife and six kids. He owns single-family homes and multifamily apartment buildings, and has sold a number of commercial office buildings. He also loves Bitcoin and holds some. In his words, "The businesses make the cash, and real estate and Bitcoin are where I park it."