Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> February 15, 1999
RUDY A. SLUCKER has served as Chairman of the Board, President, and
Chief Executive Officer of the TearDrop Golf Company, a Nasdaq-listed
company, since September 1996. TearDrop Golf Company includes Tommy
Armour Golf Company; RAM Golf Company; the exclusive North American
Distribution rights of Walter Genuin Golf Shoes and the TearDrop
Professional Golf Tour. Mr. Slucker was the Chief Executive Officer of
the Atlas Group of Companies, Inc. ('Atlas'), which imported and
marketed hardware and consumer products, from 1978 until 1990, when it
was sold. Since 1990, Mr. Slucker has been a venture capital investor.
He currently serves on the board of directors and/or is a principal
stockholder of Major League Fitness, a chain of fitness centers
associated with Major League Baseball through a licensing agreement;
Ambassador Eyewear Group, a Nasdaq-listed company; a manufacturer and
distributor of designer brand eyeglasses frames under the names of
Playskool, Jones New York, Coventry, Harve Benard and Kathy Ireland; and
Babylon Enterprises and Beacon Concessions, which, together, currently
own and operate the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Mr. Slucker graduated
from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelors Degree in 1971. Profile
us into context as to what you see as your business, what you see as
your company today?
Mr. Slucker: TearDrop actually
