Corporate Office

West Marine Corporate Office

In 1968, Randy Repass began selling nylon ropes for fishing and boating out of his garage in Sunnyvale, California. He opened his first store in 1975 in Palo Alto, California, called West Coast Ropes. In 1977, the company acquired West Products and changed its name to West Marine.

In 1991, the company began to expand and open stores on the east coast of the US. The company went public in 1993 on the NASDAQ but unregistered their stock in September of 2017.

The company merged with E&B Marine in 1996 and began offering a larger amount of boat and fishing equipment.

In 2003 the company acquired BoatU.S. Product Division.

In 2008, the company went international, opening their first locations in Turkey and Canada.

In 2014, the company announced that it would close all of its Canadian locations. As of September 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of Monomoy Capital Partners, who acquired the company for $328 million.

Currently, the company sells more than 75,000 products either at store locations or online. Headquarters are located in Watsonville, California.

West Marine

In 1991, the company began to expand and open stores on the east coast of the US. The company went public in 1993 on the NASDAQ but unregistered their stock in September of 2017.

History

The company merged with E&B Marine in 1996 and began offering a larger amount of boat and fishing equipment.

In 2003 the company acquired BoatU.S. Product Division.

In 2008, the company went international, opening their first locations in Turkey and Canada.

Currently, the company sells more than 75,000 products either at store locations or online. Headquarters are located in Watsonville, California.

Yeti Coolers Corporate Office

Ryan and Roy Seiders are brothers who grew up in Driftwood, Texas, spending a great deal of their free time fishing. Their father designed and built fishing rods, so it made sense that the brothers would do the same.

In 2005, the brothers sold their businesses to start a new venture together, building coolers designed for fisherman and other outdoor loving folks. Yeti Coolers, commonly referred to as just Yeti, was founded in 2006.

The company designs, manufactures and sells coolers, bait keepers, chairs, drink cups, ice buckets, sporting apparel, such as shirts and hats, as well as soft-sided insulated lunch bags.

Yeti was sold in June of 2012 to the private equity firm Cortec Group for $67 million.

In 2016, the company filed with the SEC for an initial public offering but withdrew their request in early 2018 citing “market conditions”.

In April 2018, the company stopped supporting and doing business with the NRA, as well as eliminating a discount for NRA members.

YETI sells their products in over 6,000 retailers such as West Marine, Bass Pro, Cabelas, REI, Dicks Sporting Goods. Company earnings in 2015 were $14.2 million and in 2016 are $72.2 million.

The company has a currently has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Headquarters are still located in Austin, Texas.

Yeti Coolers

History

The company designs, manufactures and sells coolers, bait keepers, chairs, drink cups, ice buckets, sporting apparel, such as shirts and hats, as well as soft-sided insulated lunch bags.

Yeti was sold in June of 2012 to the private equity firm Cortec Group for $67 million.

In 2016, the company filed with the SEC for an initial public offering but withdrew their request in early 2018 citing “market conditions”.

In April 2018, the company stopped supporting and doing business with the NRA, as well as eliminating a discount for NRA members.

YETI sells their products in over 6,000 retailers such as West Marine, Bass Pro, Cabelas, REI, Dicks Sporting Goods. Company earnings in 2015 were $14.2 million and in 2016 are $72.2 million.

The company has a currently has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Headquarters are still located in Austin, Texas.

WeWork Corporate Office

WeWork was founded in 2010 by friends and business partners Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey. Office space in New York is extremely expensive and finding, furnishing, and maintaining a nice office in an upscale neighborhood was out of the question for most small businesses.

This led Neumann and McKelvey to offer shared office space for entrepreneurs, start-up companies, or even for larger companies who want a satellite office but don’t want to pay for expensive office for only a handful of employees, such as PepsiCo, who rented space in 2011.

WeWork investors included J.P. Morgan, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs, and Benchmark. Starting off with a single building in New York’s SoHo district, the company now has 270 locations in 90 cities. In July 2017, the company announced that it would expand into China and later that year, that it would expand into Southeast Asia.

Early in 2017, WeWork opened an online store which offers its clients software and discounts on

In November of 2017, the company acquired MeetUp and a few months later, acquired Conductor.

In April of 2018, the company announced that it had merged its China operations with local competitor Naked Hub.

In November 2023, the company, once valued at $47 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

WeWork maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

WeWork

History

Early in 2017, WeWork opened an online store which offers its clients software and discounts on

In November of 2017, the company acquired MeetUp and a few months later, acquired Conductor.

In April of 2018, the company announced that it had merged its China operations with local competitor Naked Hub.

In November 2023, the company, once valued at $47 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

WeWork maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Gatti’s Pizza Corporate Office

Colonel Eure and his wife Patti, opened a pizza and hamburger restaurant in his hometown of Stephenville, Texas after Mr. Eure retired. The couple moved a few years later to Austin, Texas, and opened another restaurant under the name The Pizza Place.

Unhappy with the generic sounding name, Colonel Eure held a naming contest. Eventually, the Colonel chose his wife’s maiden name of Gatti for the restaurant.

Colonel Eure sold 18 of his locations in 1974 but kept a few locations for himself. The company has changed hands several times over the years and currently is owned by Blue Sage Capital.

The company currently has 140 locations across the US. Some locations are branded as GattiTown or Gatti-Land. In addition to pizza, GattiTown locations offer arcades, games such as foosball or air hockey, bumper cars and miniature bowling or miniature golf.

Company headquarters are located in Austin, Texas.

Gatti's Pizza

History

Unhappy with the generic sounding name, Colonel Eure held a naming contest. Eventually, the Colonel chose his wife’s maiden name of Gatti for the restaurant.

Colonel Eure sold 18 of his locations in 1974 but kept a few locations for himself. The company has changed hands several times over the years and currently is owned by Blue Sage Capital.

Company headquarters are located in Austin, Texas.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom Corporate Office

Back in 1976, two friends in Colorado decided that they really missed old fashioned Chicago style pizza and decided to open their own restaurant. Originally named Old Chicago Pasta & Pizza, the restaurant chain was an immediate success.

The company was sold in 2013 to Craftworks Restaurant & Breweries, who changed the name to Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom. With 94 locations in 22 states, the company recently decided to open the business to franchising, with plans to open at least 28 restaurants in an additional 8 states.

Old Chicago Pizza is best known for their round, thick crust style pizza and craft beer selection. In 2017, the company added a lower priced appetizer selection, as well as increased their wing selection from 4 to 10 different flavors.

Old Chicago Pizza had annual revenue in 2016 of $254 million. Headquarters are now located in Broomfield, Colorado.

Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom

History

Old Chicago Pizza had annual revenue in 2016 of $254 million. Headquarters are now located in Broomfield, Colorado.