Ron Hubbard is the CEO of Texas-based Atlas Survival Shelters, a company that customizes luxury underground bunkers and safe shelters. He launched the company in 2011. "For a shine there three ...

owner of Atlas Survival Shelters. "Business is booming right now. We do bunkers anywhere from a million dollars to as low as $20,000. Some of our bunkers are even more than a million," said Hubbard.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters in Sulphur Springs, Texas, about his business. It has been edited for length and ...