Marmot (company)

Not to be confused with Mammut or Mammoet.

Marmot is an outdoor recreation clothing and sporting goods company founded in 1974 as "Marmot Mountain Works".^[1] The company was founded in Grand Junction, Colorado by local resident Tom Boyce and two University of California, Santa Cruz students, David Huntley and Eric Reynolds, who shared the common goal of making their own mountaineering equipment.^{[citation needed]}

Marmot Mountain, LLC.

Formerly	Marmot Mountain Works
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Outdoor recreation, textile
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Headquarters	Rohnert Park, California
Key people	Mark Martin
Products	Clothing
Parent	Newell Brands
Website	www.marmot.com

History

Marmot tent

In 1976, Marmot ventured on another new business opportunity when Eric Reynolds met Joe Tanner of W. L. Gore & Associates. Within a couple of weeks, Marmot had sewn prototype sleeping bags using the then-new Gore-Tex fabric for field testing. Following field testing of the fabric, Marmot incorporated the material successfully into its product line.^[2]

By the early twenty-first century, Marmot was owned by K2 Sports, and in August 2007, holding company and conglomerate Jarden acquired K2 Sports for approximately US$1.2 billion. K2 included brands such as Marker, Marmot, Rawlings, Sevylor, Shakespeare, and Völkl under its umbrella.^[3]

After Jarden was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid in 2016,^[4] K2 Sports was sold to Kohlberg & Company in 2017. Marmot was spun off from K2 and stayed with Newell.^[5] Now based in Rohnert Park, California, Marmot is globally distributed and part of Newell Brands.^[6]