James Jannard
James "Jim" Jannard is an American designer and businessman, and founder of eyewear and apparel company Oakley, Inc. and RED Digital Cinema.
Life and career [edit]
Jannard was born in Los Angeles but was raised in Alhambra, California.[1] Jannard was accepted to the USC School of Pharmacy, but dropped out.[1]
He sold Oakley in mid-2007 for over $2 billion.[2]
In 2009, Jannard was named one of the 100 Most Creative People by Fast Company Magazine.[3]
Jannard married his neighbor Pamela Pittario when he was 21. They had four children before divorcing. Jannard later married his Oakley assistant Bobbie Gamble.[1]
Jannard owns the Fiji islands of Kaibu and Vatuvara.[4] He also owns a 500-acre island in the San Juan Islands archipelago.[5] In 1999, Jannard purchased two properties in Newport Beach, California, for about $15 million.[6] In late 2009 and 2010, he purchased two houses in Beverly Hills for a total of $25.1 million.[7][8][9]
As of September 2012[update], Jannard's net worth was $2.8 billion.[10]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c http://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-16/magazine/tm-38675_1_oakley-sunglasses/2
- ^ Why Jannard Opted to Sell...[dead link]
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.yacatafiji.org/2010/10/sun-glass-billionaire-buys-kaibu-and.html#.UPb0h_KsqSo
- ^ http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.12/oakley_pr.html
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/12/business/fi-21415
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210533897266698.html
- ^ http://www.bizapedia.com/nv/ALEXIS-PLACE-LLC.html
- ^ http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/property/4391015025/1599_alexis
- ^ James Jannard - Forbes, Forbes.com. Accessed January 2013.
