George Adams is CEO and president of SA Recycling, located in Anaheim, California, and has been in the scrap metal business since 1977.

Originally started by Adams’ father 50 years ago as a single scrap metal facility in Anaheim, Adams Steel merged with Sims Metal Management in September 2007 to form SA Recycling, which now has more than 130 locations in 16 states with more than 3,000 employees, 25 shredders and 5 million tons of recycled metals processed annually.

Adams is an attorney who earned his degree from Western State University in 1984. He is a member of the American, California and Orange County bar associations.

Adams served as chair of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) from April 2008 until May 2010.

He also is author of the book “Create the Connection: 25 Surefire Strategies for Success in Leadership and Life.” The book is based on his 40 years of discovering what works and what doesn’t. Adams shares the practical wisdom, personal philosophies and life lessons that have helped him build a small family scrap yard into the largest scrap company in the country.

Adams also is very active in local politics and is a major supporter of business, social and charitable programs. He and two of his sons are all Eagle Scouts. In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing, waterskiing, boating and camping.

Adams resides in Orange, California, with his wife, Joan. They have five sons and one daughter ranging in age from 23 to 39 years old, as well as six grandchildren.