| Naam: | Dan Huish |
| Vermogen: | > $ 1 miljard |
| Bron van rijkdom: | Huish wasmiddel, Huish buitenshuis |
| Geboren: | 1954 |
| Leeftijd: | |
| Land: | VS |
| Vrouw: | Kim Westerton Huish |
| Kinderen: | Onbekend |
| Residentie: | Scottsdale, Arizona, VS |
| Prive jet: | Bombardier Global 5000 (N555HD), Dassault Falcon 50 (N556HD), Quest Kodiak (N557HD) |
| Jacht: | Atomic |
Dan Huish, ook gekend als Paul Danton Huish, is an American entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and yacht owner. He is best known as the founder of Huish wasmiddelen en Huis buitenshuis, 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 Huis buitenshuis.
Hij is getrouwd met Kim Huish. Together, Dan and Kim are active philanthropists through the Dan and Kim Huish Foundation. Huish is also linked to the superjacht Atomic, named after one of his best-known dive equipment brands.
In 1975, Dan Huish founded Huish Wasmiddelen 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, en Snuggle. These assets were combined with Huish Detergents to form The Sun Products Corporation.
In 2016, Henkel acquired The Sun Products Corporation for approximately $3,6 miljard. 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. Huis buitenshuis 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 Atomaire Aquatica, BARE, Oceanic, Hollis, Stahlsac, en 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.
Atomaire Aquatica was co-founded in 1995 by Dean Garraffa en 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 en 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 duik uitrusting, 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 vermogen is often estimated at around $1 miljard. 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 superjacht 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, met interieurs van 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 bemanningsleden 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 Huish wasmiddelen, 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 Huis buitenshuis 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 superjacht Atomic, Huish remains a notable figure in entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and the superjacht gemeenschap.
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Dan en zijn vrouw Kim bezitten verschillende huizen, waaronder een groot huis in Arizona en een groot huis erin Hawaï, gewaardeerd op ruim $20 miljoen.
Arizona, gelegen in het zuidwesten van de Verenigde Staten, staat bekend om zijn gevarieerde landschappen, rijk cultureel erfgoed en het hele jaar door warme klimaat. De 48e staat beschikt over de iconische Grand Canyon, een natuurwonder uitgehouwen door de Colorado-rivier, maar ook over levendige steden als Phoenix en Tucson. De rijke Indiaanse geschiedenis van Arizona, de unieke woestijnflora en -fauna en de pittoreske rode rotsformaties maken het tot een populaire bestemming voor buitenliefhebbers, geschiedenisliefhebbers en zonaanbidders.
Hij is de eigenaar van de VSY motorjacht Atomic.
Het luxe jacht is geschikt voor12 gastenen heeft eenbemanningsleden van 18. Haar interieur is ontworpen door Franck Darnet Design.
Het motorjacht wordt aangedreven doorCaterpillar-motoren. Haar topsnelheid bedraagt 17 knopen. Haarkruissnelheidbedraagt 14 knopen. Haar bereik is meer dan 4.000.
Zijn vorige jacht heet nu Atom en staat te koop.
Hij is de eigenaar van 3 privéjets: A Bombardier Global 5000 met registratie N555HD, een Dassault Falcon 50 met kenteken N556HD, en een Quest Kodiak met kenteken N557HD. Alle drie de vliegtuigen hebben dezelfde kleurstelling. Een Bombardier Global 5000 heeft een catalogusprijs van 35 miljoen euro.
Het Bombardier Global 5000 is een groot zakenvliegtuig met ultralange afstand, geproduceerd door Bombardier Aerospace. Het maakt deel uit van de Global-vliegtuigfamilie van Bombardier, waartoe de Global 7500-, Global 6000- en Global Express-modellen behoren. De Global 5000 heeft een bereik van ongeveer 5.200 zeemijl (9.630 km) en kan maximaal 19 passagiers vervoeren. Hij wordt aangedreven door twee Rolls-Royce BR710-A2-20 turbofanmotoren, die een maximale snelheid van Mach 0,89 (590 mph of 950 km / u) en een maximale hoogte van 51.000 voet (15.545 meter) bieden.
De cabine van de Global 5000 is ontworpen voor comfort en luxe, met een ruim interieur dat kan worden geconfigureerd om aan de behoeften van individuele eigenaren te voldoen. De cabine beschikt over een volledige kombuis, een eigen toilet en een scala aan entertainmentopties tijdens de vlucht, waaronder breedbandinternet en satelliet-tv. De Global 5000 is een populaire keuze onder zakenreizigers en VIP-reizigers die een langeafstandsvliegtuig nodig hebben met uitzonderlijke prestaties, comfort en luxe. Het wordt ook gebruikt voor overheids- en militaire toepassingen, waaronder het vervoer van hoge functionarissen en medische evacuatiemissies. De catalogusprijs voor een nieuwe Global 5000 wordt geschat op ongeveer $50 miljoen.
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