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Quiksilver (co-founder) Jeffrey "Jeff" Hakman is a world surfing champion, now a businessman, who together with friend Bob McKnight convinced Alan Green, the co [ 1 ] founder of Quiksilver (then a small surf company from Torquay, Australia) to allow them the rights to trade the name in America in 1976.
Co-founder of Quiksilver Bob McKnight stepped down as CEO on 11 January 2013. He then acted as executive chairman, until retiring in October 2014. [13] Andy Mooney, who was formerly chairman of Disney Consumer Products, was CEO from 2013 to 2015. [14]
John Cipollina (August 24, 1943 – May 29, 1989) was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. After leaving Quicksilver he formed the band Copperhead, was a member of the San Francisco All Stars and later played with numerous other bands.
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver on stage at the 2015 Tottenham Bluegrass Festival in Ontario, Canada Lawson composed a number of the band's songs and tunes. His instrumental piece "Rosine", is a tribute to Monroe's birthplace and features, among other things, strains from the singer's 1967 instrumental "Kentucky Mandolin". [ 16 ]
Ronald Thomas Polte (April 24, 1932 – September 14, 2016) was an American manager in the California Bay Area rock and roll scene. He was well known as the manager of the psychedelic music groups, The Ace of Cups quintet, one of the earliest all-female groups, the renowned Quicksilver Messenger Service, which featured a host of major talents, and briefly, the Sons of Champlin.
Tech founder and his wife allegedly stole millions to pay for a lavish wedding, a new Tesla, and private schools—while failing to even make payroll for employees. Amanda Gerut.
Gary Duncan (born Eugene Duncan, Jr., adopted at birth and named Gary Ray Grubb, [1] September 4, 1946 – June 29, 2019) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was guitarist with The Brogues, then most notably with Quicksilver Messenger Service, where the complex interplay between himself and fellow-guitarist John Cipollina did much to define the unique sound of that San ...
Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal Hefner has said the Playboy founder died “right on time” before the #MeToo movement began, as she divulged a number of details about their marriage.. Crystal, 37 ...