Eddie Smith Jr. was an American businessman and philanthropist who spent 58 years building Grady-White Boats into the world's premier maker of outboard-powered sport fishing boats. He was the company
A boat company that was bankrupt got 58 years of Eddie Smith Jr.'s life before he turned down a $400,000,000 offer. He worked 100-hour weeks, used his life savings, and then gave the whole thing to charity.