David Chu Nautica
With extensive experience in design merchandising branding and licensing chu has managed a diverse portfolio of brands in multi channel.
David chu nautica. David chu venture entrepreneur and founder of nautica 朱欽騏 chairman and chief creative director georg jensen. He started in 1983 with 6 sailing jackets and 20 years later sold the company for 1 billion to vf corporation. While taking a summer drawing class at. He made 100 million from the sale.
David chu birth name zhū qīnqí 朱欽騏 is the taiwanese american founder of nautica a men s designer outerwear company. Early life and education. 1955 is an american fashion designer and the founder of nautica a men s outerwear and sportswear company. And it was this love of the ocean that prompted the designer and entrepreneur to create the nautica label in 1983.
Nautica founder david chu is a retail veteran with a 25 year record of success creating and growing apparel and accessories businesses. He grew up in new york and connecticut and originally planned to become an architect. He talks about his latest. He then started another label called lincs david chu which is a modern traditional sportswear line.
How nautica s david chu gave up retirement and created a hugely popular beijing event space bored of playing golf designer with the midas touch went back to work.