Steve Hopper

Chief Executive Officer

Steve Hopper is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Valicor Environmental Services, a portfolio company of PPC (Pritzker Private Capital). Since assuming the role in July 2021, he has directed the company's strategic expansion across industrial wastewater treatment, total waste management, and environmental services. Under his leadership, Valicor has completed eight acquisitions, opened six solidification facilities, constructed one greenfield CWT facility (centralized wastewater treatment), and established strategic alliances to deliver centralized wastewater treatment services to industrial customers nationwide, broadening the company's operational footprint and service capabilities across key industrial markets.

Prior to joining Valicor, Steve served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Eurofins Environment Testing America, where he oversaw the largest environmental testing, inspection, and certification business in North America. Before Eurofins, he spent nearly two decades at Veolia, the world's largest environmental services company, where he managed and grew businesses across industrial water, hazardous waste, and industrial cleaning markets, with revenues ranging from $30 million to $1.5 billion. His final role at Veolia was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Industrial Water and Regeneration division, a high-growth business unit serving the oil and gas, petrochemical, and chemical sectors.

Steve holds an MBA from the University of Houston and a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.