Leonard Marsh, the co-founder of the Snapple beverage brand, has died at age 80.
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Mr Missoni, 58, is the son of the founder of the eponymous brand and co-owns the firm with his siblings.
She and her husband, SurveyMonkey founder CEO David Goldberg, share a brand-new 9, 000-square-foot mansion.
Robert Passikoff, CEO and founder of Brand Keys, a New York-based consultancy that specializes in brand engagement and loyalty, says most definitely yes.
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Wilson, co-founder of Gilt Groupe, currently leads the Gilt City division of the brand, which was once only an e-commerce website selling exclusively women coveted fashions by invitation, and is made up of 4 other founders: Alexis Maybank, Kevin Ryan, Mike Bryzek and Phong Nguyen.
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The data points to one conclusion, says Vitrue founder and chief executive Reggie Bradford: Fey is a more talked-about brand than any of the actual candidates.
With her design sense, style, looks and way of comporting herself, she brings glamour and elegance to a brand once known for its brawny architecture, gold-heavy interior design and the macho projections of its founder.
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Matt O'Connor, the outfit's founder (and a PR man), says his first pop-up let him launch his brand for a tenth of the normal cost, while testing product ideas.
If Geely, China's largest and brashest privately owned carmaker, succeeds in acquiring such a respected brand it would be a testament to the extraordinary ambition of its chairman and founder, Li Shufu, the self-styled Henry Ford of China.
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