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Quicksilver boss declared missing at sea
BORDEAUX (Reuters) - France's coastguard on Tuesday launched a search operation for Pierre Agnes, the chief executive of surfwear company Boardriders, after his sailing boat was found on a beach on France's Atlantic coast, the local prefecture said.
Boardriders owns the Quicksilver brand.
Agnes, 54, set sail early on Tuesday morning, before sending a message to port authorities indicating that he was delaying his ...
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Sep. 30, 2018 5:18 pm
BORDEAUX (Reuters) - France?s coastguard on Tuesday launched a search operation for Pierre Agnes, the chief executive of surfwear company Boardriders, after his sailing boat was found on a beach on France?s Atlantic coast, the local prefecture said.
Boardriders owns the Quicksilver brand.
Agnes, 54, set sail early on Tuesday morning, before sending a message to port authorities indicating that he was delaying his return because of thick fog. His boat was found near Hossegor.
Boardriders, which is 85-percent controlled by U.S. private equity firm Oaktree Capital, owns the Quicksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes brands.
