FOUNDER/PRESIDENT MAG LITE INC.
WHY:Â Big proponent of U.S. manufacturing. Invented flashlight that became ubiquitous, now looking to reinvent the business and appeal to new generation of prospective Mag Lite users.
NOTABLE: Anaheim Hills resident is a workaholic. He’s in the office before 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, leaving no earlier than 6 p.m. Saturdays he lets himself sleep in a bit, reporting to Ontario around 9 a.m., and Sundays he works from his home office. Last vacation was more than 20 years ago.
QUOTABLE: “I’m going to be 90 years old next year and I have no problem working,” he told Business Journal in late 2019. “And that’s habit. The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
