If Justin Cameron harboured any regrets about leaving a well-paid job in investment banking to sell surf and skate wear online, they were banished on Tuesday.
SurfStitch bought Billabong International’s 51 percent stake in SurfStitch and Billabong’s North American online business,Swell.com, for about $35 million in August and acquired Quiksilver’s Europeanonline business Surfdome for $45 million in November before kicking off theIPO.
The IPO and a pre-IPO raising attracted more than a half-dozen,high-profile fund managers, including Janchor Partners’ John Ho, thesecond-largest shareholder after the management team, Perpetual Investments,Paradice Investment Management and Ausbil Investment Management.
SurfStitch rides wave of global success with ASX listing (afr.com)