Brett Beveridge

Brett Beveridge
Brett Beveridge
Born 1965[1]
Education University of Miami
Occupation CEO

Brett Beveridge (born 1965) is an American entrepreneur. He has founded 10 award-winning companies, some of which have earned The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Cutting Edge Award, 5 times on The Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies List, The Red Herring Top 100 Award and The South Florida’s Business Journal’s Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies Award.[2]

Early life

Brett Beveridge attended the University of Miami and graduated in 1989 with a Bachelors of Business Administration, Marketing and Management.[3]

Career

In 1989, Beveridge co-founded Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless in Miami with Nick Molina.[4] The company began selling wireless products out of a van, opening a first retail space 9 months later.[5] In 1997, the company had 300 stores nationwide and filed for public ownership.[6]

Beveridge turned his attention online in 1999 when he co-founded LetsTalk.com and became executive vice president.[7] In 2001, he sold the business to Nextel.[8] The sale was worth more than $30 million.[9]

In 2003, using his own money,[10] Beveridge founded a sales performance agency called The Retail Outsource.[11] In 2016, the company was named #376 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the United States.[12]

Beveridge also founded SYMBITS (2008), Mobile Insight (2006) and The Consumer Insight (2012).[13] Beveridge's Retail Optimization Companies have assisted many big-box retailers and Fortune 500 companies such as Home Depot, Apple, Sprint, AT&T, Walmart and Comcast.[9]

Accolades

Board Memberships

Awards

Personal life

Beveridge lives in Coral Gables, Florida with his wife and three daughters.[5] He enjoys watersports and golf.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Moukheiber, Zina (24 January 2000). "Countdown To A Launch". Forbes. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Brett Beveridge: Inculcating Sportsmanship In Business-Friday, December 13, 2013". www.cioreview.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Class Notes". Miami. 17 (3). 2011.
  4. ↑ Berry, Kate (30 April 1998). "Let's Talk Cellular Proves Itself In a Competitive Wireless Market". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Blueprint for Success". USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. 19 April 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "LETS TALK CELLULAR & WIRELESS INC (Form: S-1, Received: 09/02/1997 16:58:59)". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  7. ↑ Clearly, Sharon (7 November 2000). "Staying Alive". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Let's Talk Says `Let's Sell' To Nextel Unit". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  9. 1 2 "Coral Gables firm's retail specialty fuels growth". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  10. ↑ "A Proven Leader in the Retail Industry: The Retail Outsource Companies (T-ROC)". The Silicon Review. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Company: The Retail Outsource". Futurevision. NAPCO. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Retail Outsource". Inc. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "A Proven Leader in the Retail Industry: The Retail Outsource Companies (T-ROC)". The Silicon Review. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  14. 1 2 "TJ Management". TrafficJamming. 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "The members: South Florida Chapter". The Strategic Forum. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Committee Members". Orangebowl.org. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "BIG Foundation Board of Directors 2015-2016". Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "Wireless Division". Consumer Technology Association. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "One-of-a-Kind Children's Art Auction Returns May 24" (Press release). The Ed Fund. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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