![]() ![]() In November 1997, Herco pleaded guilty to one count of pollution and agreed to pay a criminal fine of $170,000, following a report by a resident in June. In 1995, Herring fired the employee, who sued Herco for retaliation and was awarded $78,400 in damages. In 1994, a Herco employee reported to his supervisors that the facility in San Diego County was illegally flushing copper, prompting an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1989, Herring created another circuit board company, Herco Technology, with his sons Charles and Robert Jr. Herring sold Industrial Circuits to Toppan Printing in 1988 for $52 million. In 1981, he hired Michael Reagan, son of then-President Ronald Reagan, as a salesman at Industrial Circuits. In 1972, he acquired a local circuit board factory and renamed it Industrial Circuits. Herring initially worked as a chauffeur and owned several pet shops. Perceiving his given first name Alson to sound too feminine, Herring called himself Robert or Bob and legally changed his name to Robert in 2005. ![]() Herring's father died when he was a teenager he dropped out of high school and worked to support his family. The family moved to a farm near Bakersfield, California, in 1948, and later moved near Los Angeles. Herring was born Alson Shelby Herring in a single-room house in northeastern Louisiana in 1941. (born 1941) is an American businessman who founded Herring Networks, a media company that launched and currently owns AWE and One America News Network. ![]()
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