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There are many heartwarming stories of hot tub retailers using their businesses and products to benefit others. We’ve found two…
Many founding members of manufacturing companies and retail stores are not only alive and well but actively participating in those same businesses. However, no one can work or live forever.
2024 Hot Tub Hall of Fame: Born Dec. 21, 1950, Rich Werber died April 7, 2021, after a brief battle with lung cancer. He founded and ran Great Atlantic Hot Tubs, Pools & Saunas with three locations in the Virginia Beach, Virginia, area and one in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
When the founders of Great Bay Spas & Sauna approached Jamie Burson in late 2019 about buying the company, he was caught off guard. He’d been with the New England retailer since he was 20, working his way up from the warehouse to sales and management, and had always dreamed of owning the business. But when the opportunity came, it suddenly felt real.
Laci Davis got her start at the most magical place on earth — Walt Disney World — but her trajectory changed when she met her now-husband, who was an executive at Royal Swimming Pools in Memphis, Tennessee.
Multiple LocationsOwner: Paul WalzLincoln and Omaha, NE Paul Walz started selling Softub in 1991 out of his home and at…