A privately-held, diversified corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., GATE’s core business is convenience stores, but they also own 4 resorts/clubs, a concrete company, fuel supply company, as well as a real estate and development company.
Named the 17th largest privately-held company in Florida (Florida Trend, 2012), this dynamic organization first began as a single service station in Jacksonville more than 50 years ago. As a result of the 1970s oil crisis, founder Herbert H. Peyton and GATE executives realized the need to diversify and began to acquire unrelated business.
Today overseen by Peyton’s eldest son, John Peyton, who serves as the company president, GATE also operates eight precast concrete plants, a host of real estate ventures, a hospitality division, fuel services and fleet services.
