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Congrats to James Atchison, CEO of SeaWorld and USF grad

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/seaworld-c-e-o-hints-at-overseas-ambitions/

 

 

James D. Atchison was a lowly parking lot attendant when he started working at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla., nearly three decades ago. Today, he is the chief executive and president of the theme park’s operator, SeaWorld Entertainment, which is now a publicly traded company.

SeaWorld had a promising debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, its stock opening at $30.56 a share, 13 percent above the initial public offering price. The company priced its shares at $27 each in the I.P.O. Thursday evening, raising $702 million and achieving a valuation of $2.5 billion.

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For Mr. Atchison, 47, a graduate of the University of South Florida, who operated rides and emptied trash cans before rising to become a general manager of SeaWorld Orlando and then a company executive, being at the New York Stock Exchange was an exciting experience.

 

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Congratulations!

 

Can you say o.c.s.???  I thought ya could!! :D

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The dude just raised 705m for his company. Now that he has shareholders, I'm not sure how they would feel about 10% of that going to his alma mater, but I sure as hell wouldn't mind. 

 

I wonder how tight he is with USF. I hope we have execs and admins keeping him in touch with the program. 

 

Love seeing Bulls make the big time. 

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Wow!!  He was a friend of mine in high school!!

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cool story

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Former USF soccer player as well.   Go Jim.   Well done.

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We need to make graduates like this more of the norm. It's good to be a Bull!

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Great story, but a little bit of a bummer in all this is that he has a Masters from UCF and also serves on their board of trustees. He seems to be more of a Knight than a Bull, I'm afraid.

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Great story, but a little bit of a bummer in all this is that he has a Masters from UCF and also serves on their board of trustees. He seems to be more of a Knight than a Bull, I'm afraid.

Ouch. Very ouch.

Apis, why didnt you stop this from happening? I thought friends don't let friends go to UCF. ;)

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Didn't keep in touch with him.  Sorry.

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