Entrepreneur Magazine has named Skullcandy founder and CEO Rick Alden their Entrepreneur of 2009 based on reader voting online.
Inspiration hit Rick Alden on a chairlift, during a snowboarding trip in 2001. The iPod had just been introduced, but none of the headphones were designed to appeal to the iPod-toting action-sports crowd. It was time to change the game. . . Alden, now 45, is riding high. 2008 revenue topped $86 million, and 2009 was expected to reach $120 million.
It seems like months ago, but we think we voted for Rick. You’re welcome.
[Link: Entrepreneur Magazine]
