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YETI was founded by Roy and Ryan Seiders in 2006. Their father Roger Seiders had designed a fishing rod epoxy. Ryan graduated from Texas A&M University in 1996 and Roy graduated from Texas Tech University in 2000.
In 2006, Ryan started Waterloo Rods and sold the company nine years later. Roy, an angler and hunter, began his career making custom boats designed for shallow-depth fishing off the Texas Gulf Coast.
In June 2012, a two-thirds stake of the company was purchased by private equity firm Cortec Group for $67 million.
In July 2016, the company filed with the Security and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering with plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the "YETI" symbol. The company was seeking a valuation of $5 billion and hoped to raise $100 million, but retracted the IPO two years later, in March 2018, citing "market conditions".
On February 23, 2017 YETI opened its first flagship store in Austin, Texas. Today, YETI has opened over 20 stores across the United States.
As of January 8, 2018, YETI was a sponsor of the Professional Bull Riders and the YETI "Built for the Wild" event.
On October 25, 2018, YETI became a public company via an initial public offering of 16 million shares at a price of $18 per share.
On November 4, 2020, YETI initiated a consumer product safety recall for over 240,000 Rambler mugs, manufactured in China, for what the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission described as "Injury and Burn Hazards". The commission explained that the magnetic slider on the lid could malfunction and hot contents could spill. The product was sold in stores and through the company's website during October that year.
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On February 2, 2024, YETI Holdings, Inc. completed the acquisition of Mystery Ranch, a Bozeman, Montana-based manufacturer of high-performance load-bearing backpacks, for approximately $36.2 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Yeti Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.8