Giroux Glass

3 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 MPLOYEE-DRIVEN WITH A FOCUS ON EXCELLENCE G I ROUX G L AS S fter starting in Los Angeles as a small, speciality glass and repair shop, Giroux Glass has experienced exponential growth in the seventy-six years since. Founded by Louis Giroux in 1946, Giroux Glass has since grown to become a leader among glazing companies in the US. Recognized for its integrity and high-quality performance, the company exceeds client expectations and defies engineering challenges to complete the industry’s most demanding glazing projects. After forty-five years in the business, Louis Giroux was ready to retire. In the early 1990s, he began negotiating the sale of several buildings- including the building from which the glass repair shop operated- with local real estate investor, Anne Merelie Murrell. She bought the buildings with the promise to hang onto the business and to keep the ten loyal staff members employed for at least one year. She Kept her word. Murrell held onto the company longer, and led the company during those early years while demand increased, through Los Angeles major events that included civil unrest in 1992 and the Northridge earthquake in 1994. Murrell oversaw the company’s expansion into Las Vegas, then Fresno and San Bernardino. A Adopting an ESOP business model, Giroux Glass values its employees while completing top-tier glazing installations on major construction projects