BILL YEARGIN
CEO, CORRECT CRAFT, ORLANDO
Correct Craft, founded in 1925, manufactures fishing, utility and recreational boats and motors and operates watersports parks. It has more than 1,000 employees, manufacturing operations across the U.S. and distribution in 70 countries. Since 2010, the firm’s growth-by-acquisition strategy has seen it acquire a number of brands, including Pleasurecraft Engine Group, Bass Cat, SeaArk, Velvet Drive and Merritt Precision. Yeargin has been CEO since 2006.
| EDUCATION | Florida Atlantic University (BBA), Nova Southeastern (MBA) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I have traveled to nearly 120 countries and been invited to the White House eight times. |
| ALTERNATE CAREER? | Industrial psychologist |
| PHILANTHROPIC PASSION | Habitat for Humanity |
| STAYING FIT | I go to the gym three to four times a week and do yoga at home. People ask me how I find the time, but I always reply that exercising gives me more time back than I invest. |