Ep: 026 - Win Smith - Sugarbush - Going from Merrill Lynch to Owning a Ski Resort

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Win Smith’s father was a founding member of Merrill Lynch and he worked there for twenty-eight years as the executive vice president. However, when new management was brought in and disagreed with the values that the firm had been founded on, he left. Win moved from New York City to Warren, Vermont to run Sugarbush ski resort full-time, which he had purchased a few years prior. At the time, Sugarbush was nearing bankruptcy, but thanks to investments made by Win and others they were able to turn Sugarbush around to the thriving ski resort that it is today.

In this episode, Win talks about:

The importance of the governments EB-5 program in reviving Sugarbush and bringing it to profitability

How they are shifting their approach as their clientele shifts from baby boomers to millennials

What it was like to completely shift careers at age fifty-five

Links from today’s episode:

Sugarbush

Win Smith

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Alpine Zone

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