Exclusive: La Jolla Group Owner on 30 Years of Business, State of Industry
"I've known these people for 50 years," La Jolla Group majority owner Rich Brown said. "These are the owners - it's not some corporation." Left to right: Bill Zolg, who played high school football with Brown; Linda Rambis and Kurt Rambis, the former LA Laker star who went to college with Brown; Sherry and Doug Cosbie, the former NFL star who also went to college with Brown; Rich Brown; son-in-law and current Executive Chairman Daniel Neukomm; and John Warner, former La Jolla Group CEO who was instrumental in the company's early success. Photo by SES.
La Jolla Group owner Rich Brown shares the unlikely story of how he and some college buddies obtained the O’Neill Clothing license 30 years ago, how the company survived this long and where he thinks the surf industry is headed given the current state of the market.
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