Leading Executives in Watersports Rentals
Manlio Accardo
Founder & CEO, Sailogy
Founder who scaled Switzerland-based Sailogy via tech-first distribution and M&A (incl. Master Yachting), growing a 17k+ fleet footprint across 5 continents.
Anna Banicevic
CEO & Co‑Founder, Zizoo
Co-founded and led Zizoo, a major charter marketplace later acquired by Borrow A Boat/The Boat Engine Group, expanding a global, tech-driven rentals footprint.
Laurent Calando
CEO & Co‑Founder, SamBoat
Co-founder who grew SamBoat into a global platform and led a brand refresh amid rapid international expansion and acquisitions.
Cecil Cohn
President, Freedom Boat Club (Brunswick)
Oversees the world’s largest boat club; led Freedom past 400+ locations and 600,000+ annual trips, marking 35 years and 100,000+ members.
Patrick Curley
CEO & Co‑Founder, YachtLife
Co-founded the app-based luxury yacht charter brokerage expanding across 30+ markets with in‑app booking and payments.
Tessa de Vries
CEO, Tubber
Guides the Dutch market leader’s international scale‑up as CEO, backed by fresh funding to expand beyond the Netherlands.
Grigory Eliseev
Founder & CEO, 12 Knots
Built 12 Knots from sailing school to global charter agency; founder-led growth with multi‑region sales operations.
Michael Farb
Chief Executive Officer, Boatsetter
Joined as CEO in 2023, steering the U.S. peer‑to‑peer leader known for pioneering P2P boat rental insurance and experience-first expansion.
Greg Fisher
Co‑Founder & CEO, WaveRez
Co-founded the watersports reservation platform used by jet ski, parasail, and tour operators; now rolling out 2025 feature roadmap.
Edouard Gorioux
CEO & Co‑Founder, Click&Boat
Co‑founded Europe’s leading rental marketplace; now CEO guiding global expansion with Permira/Boats Group investment support.
Adrian Grădinaru
Founder & CEO, Sailo
Engineer‑turned‑founder who scaled Sailo into a 30k‑boat global rentals and charters marketplace across 100+ countries.
Todd Hess
Chief Executive Officer, SailTime
Heads the membership‑based sailboat sharing network; recently expanded into the Netherlands through franchising.
Ellie Malouf
Chief Executive Officer, Ahoy Club
Leads a luxury charter, sales, and management group; added real‑time booking tech via Floatspace acquisition while scaling across AU, EU, and the U.S.
Nicholas A. Mastroianni III
Chief Executive Officer, Carefree Boat Club
Guiding growth of one of North America’s largest boat‑club networks; oversaw new Florida corporate locations in 2025.
Matt Ovenden
Founder & CEO, Borrow A Boat (The Boat Engine Group)
Serial acquirer who built a multi‑brand rentals group (incl. Barqo, KellyBoat, Zizoo), expanding U.S. presence and global supply.
Bryan Petro
Chief Executive Officer, Getmyboat
Promoted from COO to CEO on Feb 19, 2025 to lead the world’s largest boat rentals marketplace following years of operational scale‑up.
Pavel Pribiš
Co‑Founder & CEO, Boataround
Co‑founded and leads the Slovakia‑based portal; grew bookings and destinations with VC backing to become a top EU player.
Kristian Raij
Co‑Founder & CEO, Skipperi
Co‑founded Nordic boat‑sharing service; raised from Yamaha and later saw Yamaha Europe establish a Finland digital subsidiary leveraging Skipperi’s platform.
Hugh Treseder
Founder & CEO, Floatspace (an Ahoy Club company)
Founder who built an ‘Airbnb for boats’ events platform with live pricing and automation; remained CEO post‑acquisition by Ahoy Club.
Octavi Uyà
Chief Executive Officer, Nautal (Click&Boat Group)
Co‑founded and led Spain’s Nautal, later acquired by Click&Boat to strengthen a pan‑EU rentals portfolio.
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