Brett Kingstone – Super Vision International Inc – The Wall Street Transcript

BRETT KINGSTONE is Chairman & CEO of Super Vision International, Inc. At the age of 19, while attending Stanford University, Brett Kingstone established his first fiber optic display manufacturing facility in a garage near campus. Upon his graduation, the company continued to receive orders from customers including Tokyo Disneyland and Walt Disney EPCOT Center. Mr. Kingstone is the author of …

Where Are They Now? – Entrepreneur

By Lynn Beresford Super Vision International Inc. THEN: 1994 Sales: $2.4 million Brett Kingstone doesn’t take business lightly. In 1994, his fiber-optic light and cable manufacturing company was doing $2.4 million in sales–but Kingstone still didn’t consider it a shining success. Why? He knew Orlando, Florida-based Super Vision International could do much more. Fiber-optic lighting offers so many advantages over …

A Natural Entrepreneur

By Susan Lundline Brett Kingstone began making money on his own at 6 years old   Brett Kingstone started his first business — a lemonade stand — at age 6 in New York. But instead of buying soda or candy with his earnings, he chose to save it for college. A couple of years later, he earned money by selling …

Youth turns ideas to money – The Bulletin

By Sue Goldfarb He believes in moving, not sitting. PALO ALTO, Calif. – At the tender age of 21, Brett Kingstone turns ideas – his own and others’ – into money. He calls himself “a simple shmo.” He writes guest editorials for the Wall Street Journal at $1,000 a crack. He’s collecting $100,000 in royalties this year from the how-to-do-it …