| Nom: | Dan Huish |
| Valeur nette : | > $ 1 milliard |
| Source de richesse: | Détergent Huish, Huish Outdoors |
| Né: | 1954 |
| Âge: | |
| Pays: | Etats-Unis |
| Épouse: | Kim Westerton Huish |
| Enfants: | Inconnu |
| Résidence: | Scottsdale, Arizona, États-Unis |
| Jet privé: | Bombardier Global 5000 (N555HD), Dassault Falcon 50 (N556HD), Quest Kodiak (N557HD) |
| Yacht: | Atomic |
Dan Huish, aussi connu sous le nom Paul Danton Huish, is an American entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and yacht owner. He is best known as the founder of Détergents Huish et À l'extérieur, two very different businesses that show his ability to build strong brands in both consumer products and adventure sports.
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Huish first made his fortune in private-label detergents. After selling a majority stake in Huish Detergents to Vestar Capital Partners in 2007, he turned his attention to diving, ocean exploration, and outdoor brands through À l'extérieur.
Il est marié à Kim Huish. Together, Dan and Kim are active philanthropists through the Dan and Kim Huish Foundation. Huish is also linked to the superyacht Atomic, named after one of his best-known dive equipment brands.
In 1975, Dan Huish founded Détergents Huish Inc., a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of private-label laundry and dish products. The company produced detergents, fabric softeners, dish-care products, and related household products for retailers and consumer brands.
Huish Detergents became especially strong in the private-label market. Private-label products are sold under retailer-owned brands, meaning many consumers bought Huish-made detergents without seeing the Huish name on the package.
By the time Huish sold a majority stake in the business, the company had become the leading U.S. private-label detergent manufacturer. Industry profiles have described it as holding a very large share of the private-label detergent market, with retail customers including Walmart, Costco, Aldi, Save-A-Lot, and other major chains.
In 2007, Vestar Capital Partners agreed to acquire a majority ownership position in Huish Detergents. Financial terms were not publicly disclosed, but the deal marked a major liquidity event for Dan Huish and helped establish his fortune.
After the sale, Huish remained involved with the company and retained a minority ownership position. The business continued to grow and became part of a larger consumer-products platform.
In 2008, Vestar acquired Unilever’s North American laundry business, including brands such as Wisk, All, Surf, Sunlight, et Snuggle. These assets were combined with Huish Detergents to form The Sun Products Corporation.
En 2016, Henkel acquired The Sun Products Corporation for approximately $3,6 milliards. That later transaction shows the scale of the detergent platform that grew out of Huish’s original business.
After his detergent success, Dan Huish built a second business around diving, watersports, and ocean exploration. À l'extérieur is based in Salt Lake City and owns or manages several of the most respected brands in scuba diving and underwater equipment.
The company’s brand portfolio includes Aquatique atomique, BARE, Oceanic, Hollis, Stahlsac, et Zeagle. Huish Outdoors also distributes Suunto dive computers and instruments in the United States.
The business reflects Huish’s personal passion for diving and the ocean. Rather than simply investing passively, he built a portfolio of brands used by recreational divers, technical divers, freedivers, underwater photographers, and adventure travelers.
Aquatique atomique was co-founded in 1995 by Dean Garraffa et Doug Toth, both of whom had long experience in the dive equipment industry. The company became known for premium regulators, masks, snorkels, fins, and dive accessories.
Atomic Aquatics helped raise expectations in the dive market by introducing technical innovations and high-end materials. The brand became especially known for titanium regulators, precision engineering, and products aimed at divers who wanted performance and durability.
In 2011, Atomic Aquatics was acquired by Huish Outdoors. The acquisition became one of the foundations of Dan Huish’s dive equipment platform.
Huish Outdoors expanded further by acquiring and building several important dive brands. In 2017, the company acquired Oceanic et Hollis from American Underwater Products.
Oceanic is a well-known recreational diving brand with a long history in masks, fins, regulators, dive computers, and scuba gear. Hollis focuses more heavily on technical and professional diving equipment.
Huish Outdoors also owns BARE, known for wetsuits, drysuits, and exposure protection; Stahlsac, known for dive travel bags; and Zeagle, known for regulators and buoyancy compensators.
Together, these brands make Huish Outdoors one of the most important companies in the global dive equipment market.
Huish Outdoors’ brands produce a broad range of équipement de plongée, including regulators, masks, snorkels, fins, wetsuits, drysuits, buoyancy compensators, dive computers, knives, bags, and technical diving gear.
The company has engineering and research facilities in Costa Mesa, California, where Atomic and Zeagle regulators are designed, built, and tested before distribution. This reflects the group’s focus on performance, quality control, and product development.
The portfolio allows Huish Outdoors to serve many types of customers, from beginner recreational divers to advanced technical divers.
Dan Huish’s valeur nette est souvent estimé à environ $1 milliard. This estimate is based on the value created through Huish Detergents, proceeds from the 2007 Vestar transaction, later detergent-industry consolidation, Huish Outdoors, private investments, real estate, aircraft, and yacht assets.
Because Huish’s companies and investments are privately held, exact figures are difficult to verify. A careful estimate places his fortune in the hundreds of millions to low-billion-dollar range.
Dan and Kim Huish support charitable causes through the Dan and Kim Huish Foundation. Public nonprofit filings list the foundation as a private charitable foundation based in Pinedale, Wyoming.
Recent nonprofit data shows the foundation with approximately $2.7 million in assets in 2024. Its giving has focused on philanthropy, human services, healthcare, social change, and community programs, including grants in Utah, Wyoming, Tennessee, and Florida.
The foundation generally supports preselected organizations and does not appear to accept unsolicited funding requests.
Dan Huish is linked to the superyacht Atomic, a 64-meter motor yacht built by VSY in Italy and delivered in 2020. Her name reflects Huish’s ownership of Atomic Aquatics, one of the best-known brands in his dive equipment portfolio.
Atomic was designed by Espen Øino, avec des intérieurs de Darnet Design. The yacht was created with diving and underwater exploration in mind, making her a natural fit for the owner of a major scuba equipment company.
Atomic includes a large dive center, decompression chamber, custom tenders, beach club, gym, pool, elevator, and accommodation for up to 12 guests with a équipage of around 18. The yacht has been valued at roughly $60 million to $70 million.
Huish previously owned another yacht named Atomic, which was later renamed Atom.
Dan Huish has also been linked to private aviation, including multiple private jets. Like many entrepreneurs with global business, yacht, and travel interests, private aircraft allow efficient travel between homes, offices, dive destinations, yacht cruising grounds, and charitable activities.
His public lifestyle profile is closely tied to the ocean, scuba diving, exploration, and high-quality equipment rather than traditional celebrity publicity.
Dan Huish is a self-made American entrepreneur who built major businesses in two very different industries. He first created Détergents Huish, a leading private-label detergent manufacturer, before selling a majority stake to Vestar Capital Partners in 2007. That business later became part of Sun Products and was ultimately acquired by Henkel for $3.6 billion.
He then built À l'extérieur into a major dive equipment group with brands such as Atomic Aquatics, BARE, Oceanic, Hollis, Stahlsac, and Zeagle. With an estimated net worth near $1 billion, a charitable foundation, and the dive-focused superyacht Atomic, Huish remains a notable figure in entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and the superyacht communauté.
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Dan et sa femme Kim possèdent plusieurs maisons, dont une grande maison à Arizona et une grande maison à Hawaï, évalué à plus de $20 millions.
L'Arizona, situé dans le sud-ouest des États-Unis, est connu pour ses paysages variés, son riche patrimoine culturel et son climat chaud toute l'année. Le 48e État abrite l'emblématique Grand Canyon, une merveille naturelle creusée par le fleuve Colorado, ainsi que des villes dynamiques comme Phoenix et Tucson. La riche histoire amérindienne de l'Arizona, sa flore et sa faune désertiques uniques et ses formations rocheuses rouges pittoresques en font une destination populaire pour les amateurs de plein air, les passionnés d'histoire et les amateurs de soleil.
Il est le propriétaire du VSY yacht à moteur Atomic.
Le yacht de luxe peut accueillir12 invitéset a unéquipage de 18. Son intérieur est conçu par Franck Darnet Design.
Le yacht à moteur est propulsé parMoteurs Caterpillar. Sa vitesse de pointe est de 17 nœuds. Sonvitesse de croisièreest de 14 nœuds. Sa gamme est de plus de 4 000.
Son ancien yacht s'appelle désormais Atom et est mis en vente.
Il est propriétaire de 3 jets privés : Un Bombardier Global 5000 avec inscription N555HD, un Dassault Falcon 50 immatriculé N556HD et un Quest Kodiak immatriculé N557HD. Les trois avions ont la même livrée. Un Bombardier Global 5000 a un prix catalogue de 35 millions d'euros.
Le Bombardier Global 5000 est un gros avion d'affaires à très long rayon d'action produit par Bombardier Aéronautique. Il fait partie de la famille d'avions Global de Bombardier, qui comprend les modèles Global 7500, Global 6000 et Global Express. Le Global 5000 a une autonomie d'environ 5 200 miles nautiques (9 630 km) et peut transporter jusqu'à 19 passagers. Il est propulsé par deux turbosoufflantes Rolls-Royce BR710-A2-20, qui fournissent une vitesse maximale de Mach 0,89 (590 mph ou 950 km/h) et une altitude maximale de 51 000 pieds (15 545 mètres).
La cabine du Global 5000 est conçue pour le confort et le luxe, avec un intérieur spacieux qui peut être configuré pour répondre aux besoins de chaque propriétaire. La cabine dispose d'une cuisine complète, de toilettes privées et d'une gamme d'options de divertissement en vol, notamment l'Internet haut débit et la télévision par satellite. Le Global 5000 est un choix populaire parmi les voyageurs d'affaires et VIP qui ont besoin d'un avion long-courrier avec des performances, un confort et un luxe exceptionnels. Il est également utilisé pour des applications gouvernementales et militaires, y compris le transport de hauts fonctionnaires et les missions d'évacuation médicale. Le prix catalogue d'un nouveau Global 5000 est estimé à environ $50 millions.
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