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Mike Repole
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Sports drink
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Residence
- Windermere, Florida
- Education
- St. John's University (Bachelor of Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
Biography
Mike Repole cofounded sports drink BodyArmor in 2011.
Coca-Cola bought 15% of BodyArmor in 2018, then purchased the rest in 2021 for $5.6 billion, the company's largest acquisition of a brand.
BodyArmor's investors included tennis star Naomi Osaka and the late Kobe Bryant, who discovered the brand while rehabbing from a torn Achilles tendon.
The son of a waiter and a seamstress, Repole studied sports management at St. John's before working in sales for a small company, Mistic Beverage.
Repole also cofounded Glaceau, maker of the popular brands Vitaminwater and Smartwater, which he also sold to Coca-Cola, in 2007.