[leadin]From backpacks and bow-hunting brands to ski goggle maker Bollé, Utah-based Vista Outdoor Inc. is among the world’s largest and most diverse outdoor-gear companies. Fresh off the acquisition of CamelBak, we got an update on the brand’s ambitions from CEO Mark DeYoung.[/leadin]
Vista Outdoor Inc. bills itself as “the leading outdoor sports and recreation company in the world.”
Previously operated as a group under Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), Vista spun off in early 2015 to create a new company that now owns more than 40 brands that collectively employ about 6,000 people around the globe.
We last covered Vista in a profile of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mark DeYoung (see “New Outdoors Company Among World’s Largest”). In the past six months, Vista made moves further into the outdoors-recreation space with the acquisition of CamelBak and standup-paddleboard brand Jimmy Styks.