“Now if he were to buy the company he works for than he will need a license.”
Or have a licensed plumber on staff.
Look up Chester Davenport to see how beneficial just having the right “credentials” are.
His hiring by Envirotest led to a minority set-aside position that was leveraged into the largest emissions testing firm in the U.S.
You see, Chester was black at the time.
He has now morphed into a real position at Ameritech - see Black Enterprise in Business.