Phil Robertson Research Paper
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Vuoriaho
09/02/13
The Life of Phil Robertson
Phil was born in Vivian, Louisiana on 24 Apr 1946. He is an entrepreneur who started the company Duck Commander where his sons and friends hand make duck calls and has a net worth of $15 Million to this day. His wife is Kay, his brother Si, and his four boys, Jase, Willie, Jep, and Alan. Phil was never quite satisfied with duck calls that were on the market so he began to experiment with making a duck call that sounded exactly like a duck in a small shed.
His first Duck call was made on the 18th of August in 1972 after Phil and his family began to a quest to turn Phil’s passion for hunting and fishing, into a livelihood. He started the business with a duck …show more content…
In fact one of Duck Commanders largest accounts today laughed him out of the building when he first came to them with the idea. Without his family however the business would not have done as well as it has. His family helped him with packaging and shipping along with running the nets and taking the fish to the markets. The family side business of commercial fishing kept food on the table while the main Duck Commander Company was getting off the ground.
In high school Phil was All-State football, baseball, and track which gave him the opportunity to play with a football scholarship at Louisiana Tech University as a star quarterback over Terry Bradshaw. He turned down multiple offers from the NFL including from the Washington Redskins because it interfered with duck season. Phil even said, “Terry went for the bucks, and I chased after the ducks.”
Even though he is now mostly known for his show on A&E network, Duck Dynasty, Phil had his Bachelor’s degree in physical education and his Master’s in education. He taught for four years and was said to be an excellent teacher. He quit being a teacher because he believed his time would be better spent not in a classroom but in the woods. The show Duck Dynasty first aired on the 18th of January 2010. Today they have sales not only in all 50 states of this great nation but all around the world with the Duck Commander’s handmade to perfection duck
Vuoriaho
09/02/13
The Life of Phil Robertson
Phil was born in Vivian, Louisiana on 24 Apr 1946. He is an entrepreneur who started the company Duck Commander where his sons and friends hand make duck calls and has a net worth of $15 Million to this day. His wife is Kay, his brother Si, and his four boys, Jase, Willie, Jep, and Alan. Phil was never quite satisfied with duck calls that were on the market so he began to experiment with making a duck call that sounded exactly like a duck in a small shed.
His first Duck call was made on the 18th of August in 1972 after Phil and his family began to a quest to turn Phil’s passion for hunting and fishing, into a livelihood. He started the business with a duck …show more content…
In fact one of Duck Commanders largest accounts today laughed him out of the building when he first came to them with the idea. Without his family however the business would not have done as well as it has. His family helped him with packaging and shipping along with running the nets and taking the fish to the markets. The family side business of commercial fishing kept food on the table while the main Duck Commander Company was getting off the ground.
In high school Phil was All-State football, baseball, and track which gave him the opportunity to play with a football scholarship at Louisiana Tech University as a star quarterback over Terry Bradshaw. He turned down multiple offers from the NFL including from the Washington Redskins because it interfered with duck season. Phil even said, “Terry went for the bucks, and I chased after the ducks.”
Even though he is now mostly known for his show on A&E network, Duck Dynasty, Phil had his Bachelor’s degree in physical education and his Master’s in education. He taught for four years and was said to be an excellent teacher. He quit being a teacher because he believed his time would be better spent not in a classroom but in the woods. The show Duck Dynasty first aired on the 18th of January 2010. Today they have sales not only in all 50 states of this great nation but all around the world with the Duck Commander’s handmade to perfection duck