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The final interview with snowboard king Jake Burton Carpenter on.forbes.com/60171PPCH pic.twitter.com/geJtNDnWIH
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Carpenter successfully catapulted snowboarding from a niche hobby to a globally recognized sport
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Burton Snowboards, owned equally by Jake and his wife Donna Carpenter at the time of his death, is valued at approximately $700 million pic.twitter.com/Qi0M6a5YM3
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By the time Jake met Donna on New Year’s 1982 not long after midnight, Burton had “maybe one million bucks in sales.” They married in 1983
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Donna Carpenter became CEO in 2016, earlier than she expected because of her husband’s illness—under her leadership, Burton became a certified B Corporation in October, committing to balance its profit with purpose pic.twitter.com/pZIDKOnxZH
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The Forbes interview with Carpenter was one of his last interviews. 1 month after the Forbes visit, he announced to his staff that the cancer was back pic.twitter.com/qKKBsbdHBt
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His luck ran out for the last time 11 days later on Wednesday, November 20. Carpenter passed away at age 65
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Read the full story here: forbes.com/sites/elisabet… by @ElisabethAnne15
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RIP JBC 🕯 ... my son (42 yrs) had one of your first snowboards.
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