Famous for founding and heading the successful GoPro high-definition camcorder company, he had a net worth of more than 2.5 billion at the start of 2015. After studying visual art and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego, he launched a company called funBug, but decided to take a surfing trip around the world after this early business venture failed. It was during this extended vacation that he came up with the idea for GoPro.
