FOUNDER, CEO STOKEHOUSE UNLIMITED LLC
WHY: Apparel industry/action sports vet. Former head of Americas business for the former Billabong group, led failed attempt to buy business when it hit troubled waters. Now runs multi-brand portfolio company housing surf-inspired brands Vissla, D’Blanc, Amuse Society and Sisstrevolution.
RECENT: Carefully crafting the surf-inspired mix of brands under Stokehouse. Sisstrevolution, the most recent, launched in 2018 as a women’s surf brand selling wetsuits, swimwear and apparel.
NOTABLE: Surfer from Durban, South Africa. Longtime supporter of Surfrider Foundation.
