A Sportsman's Life
how i built orvis by mixing business and sport
$40.05
- Paperback
212 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2022
Summary
When Leigh Perkins bought the Orvis Company in 1965, the fly-fishing and bird-hunting outfitter was a sleepy business with annual sales that had leveled off at \(500,000. Over the next thirty years Perkins built Orvis's annual sales to \)100 million by revolutionizing the catalog retail industry and reshaping the company’s tradition-bound culture. He achieved this by blending his love of nature with his business acumen and bringing the commonsense approach he learned in the streams and on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493069941 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1493069942 |
| Author: | Leigh Perkins, Geoffrey Norman, Johnny Morris |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | The Lyons Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 154mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“Few have done so well in business–and even fewer can say they enjoyed it as much.”–William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury
“Few have done so well in business–and even fewer can say they enjoyed it as much.”–William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury
“Leigh Perkins has combined a life of hunting and fishing with a notable career as CEO of Orvis. How he did this is a remarkable tale.“—former President Jimmy Carter
About The Author
Leigh Perkins
Leigh Perkins was CEO of the Orvis Company from 1965 to 1992. After 1992, he devoted his efforts to a variety of conservation causes and divided his time among homes in Vermont, Florida, and Wyoming. Mr. Perkins passed away in 2021.
Geoffrey Norman is the author of nine books. He is currently a contributing editor at Forbes FYI and writes frequently about the sporting life for a variety of magazines.
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