Nick Woodman
- January 4, 2024
- Entrepreneur
Quick Facts
Full Name | Nick Woodman |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Date Of Birth | Jun 24, 1975(1975-06-24) |
Age | 49 |
Birthplace | Santa Clara County |
Country | United States |
Birth City | California |
Horoscope | Gemini |
Nick Woodman Biography
Name | Nick Woodman |
Birthday | Jun 24 |
Birth Year | 1975 |
Place Of Birth | Santa Clara County |
Home Town | California |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Gemini |
Parents | Dean Woodman, Concepcion Federman |
Siblings | Andrea Moody, Pilar Woodman |
Spouse | Jill Woodman |
Children(s) | 3 |
Nick Woodman is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on June 24, 1975 in Santa Clara County, California, United States. He is best known for his leadership of the GoPro high-definition camcorder business. His net worth was more than 2.5 billion as of the beginning of 2015. However, he was named one of the worst CEOs in the world in 2016.
Woodman’s GoPro company sponsored Woodman’s GoPro company sponsored freerunner Jason Paul and a number of other athletes. , a freerunner, and many other athletes.
Nicholas D. Woodman (born June 24, 1975) is an American businessman, and the founder and CEO of GoPro.
Woodman is the son of Concepcion (née Socarras) and Dean Woodman. His father was born into a Quaker family and co-founded the investment bank Robertson Stephens; and his mother is of Hispanic descent and re-married Irwin Federman, General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners in 1992. Woodman grew up in Menlo Park, California and Atherton, California, attending the Menlo School, where he graduated in 1993. He earned a bachelor’s degree in visual arts and a minor in creative writing from the University of California, San Diego in 1997.
He was the son of Concepcion Socarras and Dean Woodman. He is married to Jill Scully and has three children.
Nick Woodman Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Entrepreneur |
House | Living in own house. |
Nick Woodman is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nick Woodman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
After studying creative writing and visual art at the University of California in San Diego, he started a company called funBug. However, he decided to go on a surfing vacation around the globe after his first business venture failed. He came up with the idea of GoPro while on extended vacation.
He won the EY Entrepreneur of Year Award 2013 in the United States.
The first GoPro product was a 35mm film camera developed by a Chinese company named Hotax that incorporated Woodman’s custom wrist strap, slight modifications to the housing, and the GoPro logo. Hotax sold Woodman the rebranded camera for $3.05 and the cameras retailed for about $30. Woodman would go about selling his products while using his 1971 Volkswagen Bus that he named ‘The Buscuit’ as his mobile home. The product has since evolved into a compact digital camera that supports WiFi, can be remotely controlled, has waterproof housing and records to a micro SD card.
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Who is Nick Woodman Dating?
According to our records, Nick Woodman married to Jill Woodman. As of December 1, 2023, Nick Woodman’s is not dating anyone.
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While in Australia and Indonesia on a surf trip, he used a 35mm camera attached to the palm of his hand by a rubber band to try to capture his surfing activities on film. Seeing that amateur photographers like him, who wanted to capture high quality action photos of their activities, had difficulties because either they could not get close enough to the action or were unable to purchase appropriate quality equipment at affordable prices, his trip became his inspiration to found GoPro. His solution was to develop a belt that would attach the camera to the body. To finance the business, Woodman borrowed $200,000 from his father, who still owned a 6.4% stake in May
- Nick also borrowed $35,000 and a sewing machine from his mother, which he used to sew camera straps while experimenting with early designs. Nick and his future wife Jill generated an additional $10,000 by selling shell necklaces they bought in Bali (for $1.90) from their car along the California coast (for $60). His desire for a camera system that could capture close up footage inspired the ‘GoPro’ name as, at that time, the only surfers who were filmed were the professionals.
Facts & Trivia
Nick Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nick Woodman celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.
With the many changes at and involving GoPro, including numerous job cuts and falling stock prices, Woodman was named in a 2016 Fox Business article as one of the year’s worst CEOs.
Is Nick Woodman a billionaire?
In 2014, Woodman took GoPro public, and continued to put out new products. In 2015, the popular camera and his majority stake in the company placed him on the Forbes billionaire list, with an estimated net worth of $1.75 billion.
Does Nick Woodman still own GoPro?
GoPro reported revenue of $891.9 million at the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The top individual shareholders of GoPro are Nicholas Woodman , Brian McGee, Kenneth Goldman, Peter Gotcher, and Alexander Lurie.
What is Nick Woodman worth?
With shares hovering at just above $11.00, Woodman is now worth a little more than $995 million , a far cry from the $3.3 billion he was worth in Sept.
What did Nick Woodman do before GoPro?
Sure enough, after graduating from UC San Diego, Nick founded his first startup, a website called EmpowerAll.com. The idea behind the site was to sell electronic goods for a markup of $2 or less. The site failed to launch, and Nick shut it down quickly. His second entrepreneurial effort made a bigger splash.
How much is GoPro worth now?
How much a company is worth is typically represented by its market capitalization, or the current stock price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. GoPro net worth as of June 03, 2022 is $1.1B.