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Chuck Surack is an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and musician, best known as the founder of Sweetwater Sound, one of the world's largest retailers of musical instruments and professional audio equipment.
In 1990, with six employees and annual sales of $6 million, Sweetwater had outgrown Surack's home and moved into its own commercial building at 5335 Bass Road, [9] [10] and Sweetwater's growth over the next several years earned it a place on Inc. magazine's ranking of America's fastest growing companies in 1993, 1994, and 1995.
In August 2021, it was announced that Providence Equity had purchased a majority share of Sweetwater Sound, a major musical equipment retailer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [50] In April 2022, it was announced Providence had acquired the cloud-based managed Wi-Fi solutions provider, Airties. [51]
Surack founded Sweetwater Sound, an online retailer for musical instruments and recording equipment, in 1979 and operated it for several decades. The company started as a mobile recording studio.
A key person leading the charge to keep the heliport open is the founder of Fort Wayne business Sweetwater Sound — Surack. That's the same guy whom Ozdemir hurriedly introduced as a new investor ...
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Last month, Indy Eleven announced that entrepreneur Chuck Surack, who like Busch is from Fort Wayne, would be joining the Indy Eleven investment group as a co-owner.