- James Jannard
James "Jim" Jannard is the founder of the eyewear and apparel company
Oakley, Inc. and has been its Chairman and a director since the company's inception in 1975. He also served as its President between 1975 and February 1999. In October 1999, Jannard was named the company'sCEO . [cite web | title = Corporate website | publisher = Oakley| url = http://investor.oakley.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67365&p=irol-govManage | accessdate = 2006-11-24 ]He was placed by "
Forbes Magazine " at number 239 on theForbes 400 in 2007 with a net worth of $2 billion.He is also the founder and principal backer of
RED Digital Cinema , a manufacturer of high-resolution video cameras used in productions designed for cinema release. The company first showed a mock-up of their camera in April, 2006 at NAB 2006 and began shipping cameras on August 31, 2007.Personal life
Jannard attended the
University of Southern California inLos Angeles , California. He reputedly named the Oakley company after his dog, anEnglish Setter .A keen photographer, he maintains a website of his own photographs. [ [http://www.jimjannard.com jimjannard.com, Personal website] ] He uses high-end Canon equipment, including a 1DS camera and one of few EF 1200 mm lenses in existence. His photographic subjects include race cars that are sponsored by his company, his dogs and his personal Bombardier Global Express Jet. He has owned two jets over his lifetime, both Global Expresses. He first owned an older Global Express registered as N2T, and recently received the new Global Express XRS registered again as N2T. Jannard disposed of his old N2T before purchasing his new plane and while waiting delivery on his new plane he leased another Global Express, registered as N701WH, for personal use.
He is married with four children and lives on
Orcas Island in the state ofWashington ,United States . He also owns the nearbySpieden Island .References
External links
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N701WH&distinct_entry=true pictures of N701WH]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=&airlinesearch=&countrysearch=&specialsearch=&daterange=&keywords=n2t&range=&sort_order=&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&calccount=1185110&truecount=false&engine_version=6.0 pictures of N2T]
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