P. Breckinridge (“Breck”) Jones is a native Louisvillian, serial entrepreneur and life-long real estate professional, having grown up in the real estate business via his father who was the top residential real estate agent in Louisville and who also acquired controlling interest in the Paul Semonin Company in the early 1970s. Breck secured his own real estate license in 1977 at the age of 18 and bought both his first rental home and commercial property that year.
Breck graduated Salutatorian from Ballard High School in 1977. He then graduated magna cum laude from Engineering School, Vanderbilt University in 1981 with a triple major in Engineering Science, Economics and Business Administration and also graduated with Director’s List Honors from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate in 1983.
Breck returned to Louisville following his graduation from Wharton to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. Over the following 40+ years, Breck developed and/or acquired approximately 1 million square feet of commercial properties that remain debt free today in addition to having completed the buyout of two companies and having started 5 successful companies across multiple industries. Breck’s buyouts and start ups include having acquired Paul Semonin following his father’s death, having co-founded Hoagland Commercial Realtors and also having co-founded On Target Media recognized by Inc magazine as the 23rd fastest growing company in the United States in 1993.
Breck’s early successes enabled him to try retirement before turning 40 only then to pursue the founding of US WorldMeds with a vision that remains the same today…to be a sustainable privately held specialty pharmaceutical company. Breck’s successes as CEO of US WorldMeds, including being recognized as a “Best Place to Work” organization in Kentucky seven times since 2017, was recently recognized with Breck being inducted into the Kentucky Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame in 2024.
Breck remains strongly tied to the real estate industry, having co-founded FJR, LLC in addition to continuing to be the lead investor in multiple meaningful commercial real estate projects.