In Conversation: Going Deeper into Diving with Brett Gilliam
55m
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Underwater360 Chat! Podcast
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Moderator:
David Strike (#Australia) ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer & Fellow of The Explorers Club
Speaker:
Bret Clifton Gilliam, the founder of Technical Diving Institute (TDI), is a pioneer in technical diving.
Gilliam has founded and sold six companies since 1971, comprising if V.I. Divers Ltd, Ocean Quest International, AMF Yachting Group, G2 Publishing Inc, Divesafe Insurance and International Training Inc. As Vice President and CEO, he was instrumental in taking UWATEC Public in a sale for 44 million Dollars to JWA in 1997 and sold his publishing company ISCUBA Times and Deep Tech to Petersen/E-Map in 1999. His entrepreneurial success in the diving industry has made him a multi-millionaire. The aggregate value of his companies when sold was in excess of $80 million.
Get deep and personal with Bret Gilliam. Listen in to find out what started it all for him as he shares his life stories (and even some of his near-death experiences)!
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