WORLD INDUSTRIES

Established in 1987 by Steve Rocco and Rodney Mullen, World Industries was one of the first skateboard companies to be owned and operated by professional skateboarders... With the huge success that World saw after the introduction of the characters, Rocco and Mullen decided to take an offer they couldn't refuse. Well, maybe they could but they decided to sell anyway. In 1998 the brand was bought and added to an action sports portfolio within Swander Pace Capital. World became the first skate brand to be publicly traded. It switched hands again a few years later and ended up with being part of Dwindle Distribution.