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Richard J. Heckmann
K2 Sports, LLC (K2 Sports) is an American winter sports company headquartered in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. K2 Sports operates the K2 Skis, K2 Snowboards, K2 Snowboarding, K2 Skates, Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, Line Skis, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. Famous users of K2 Skis include pro champion Spider Sabich, 1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup and Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Olympic champion Phil Mahre, and his twin brother Steve Mahre, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982, World Champion and Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Olympic silver medalist. History Founding Founded in 1962 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, Washington, Vashon Island, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, K2 is known for pioneering fiberglass ski technology, which made skis significantly lighter and more lively than their wood and metal contemporaries. In 1967, Bill Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |