Benji Grimes joined Drain Surgeons in Arnold, Mo., with a business degree and experience in construction and real estate development, but he was a beginner in drain cleaning and sewer inspection. His immediate focus became learning all aspects of the industry so he could manage the company his parents, Herman and Connie Grimes, purchased in 2010.
Starting from the bottom up, Grimes worked alongside James Von Klemen, who originally opened Drain Surgeons cleaning grease traps with a single truck. Connie Grimes knew Von Klemen through her company, Grimes Tax, and when he wanted to sell Drain Surgeons, she
