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Quiksilver replaces long-time CEO

04/01/2013

The founder and CEO of US-based surf brand Quiksilver has stepped down after 35 years in the company, and has been replaced by a former Disney executive. Bob McKnight co-founded the surf brand in 1976, seeing the start-up grow into a worldwide corporation with annual revenues of $2 billion. James Ellis, the company’s presiding director, said:...

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