John Bresee

John Bresee (February 21, 1966 – June 29, 2019)[1] was a Utah-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Backcountry.com, as well as a writer, editor, and entrepreneur coach.

Business

He was a co-founder of Backcountry.com, one of the first internet-based outdoor gear retailers in 1996 while living in Park City, Utah.[2] Bresee and Jim Holland sold Backcountry.com to Liberty Media and John C. Malone in 2007.[3] He was also director of e-commerce for Cellmania, an infrastructure company for mobile commerce applications funded by Motorola. Cellmania was acquired by Blackberry in 2013.

Writer and editor

Bresee founded The Wasatch Canyon Reporter, a Wasatch Range skiing newsletter, while working at Snowbird Resort. He later became a managing editor and writer for Powder Magazine. Additionally, his work has appeared in Skiing, Outside, Newsweek, and Gravity.

References
  1. "John Stuart Bresee". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  2. "Backcountry.com Founder, POWDER Editor John Bresee, Remembered as a Wildman". Powder. July 8, 2019.
  3. Villano, Matt. "Paying to Hear the Complaints", New York Times, November 14, 2007.
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