Eddie Smith made waves across the boating world with his decision to place Grady-White Boats into a Purpose Trust rather than sell it for hundreds of millions of dollars. Senior Editor Chris Dixon sits down with the longtime steward of the brand to learn more about his journey from the son of an orphan to the top of the boatbuilding mountain.
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Senior Editor, Power & Motoryacht
Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.
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