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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.
Quiksilver is a brand of surf-inspired apparel and accessories that was founded in 1969 in Torquay, Victoria, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. It is one of the world's largest brands of surfwear and boardsport -related equipment. [ 3 ]
Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom brick-and-mortar stores, known for their beach and outdoor apparel, are closing, their parent company said. Costa Mesa-based Liberated Brands said in a bankruptcy ...
Gary Elkerton (born 21 August 1964), known as Kong is an Australian surfer, three time world masters champion (2000–01, 2003), [1] three time world professional runner-up (1987, 1990, 1993), [2] twice Hawaiian Triple Crown champion (1987, 1989) [3] and Australian amateur champion (1984).
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.
James Verlin Kimsey (September 15, 1939 – March 1, 2016) was the co-founder of AOL.He was the first chairman of the company and its CEO until 1995. [1] Although Kimsey is best known for having helped to create AOL, he also spearheaded many other business, military and philanthropic endeavors.
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. [3] The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, [ 4 ] with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts.
Matt King, co-founder of the immersive art experience Meow Wolf, has died, the company said in an Instagram post on July 11. He was 37 years old. The post did not provide details of King’s death ...