Profiles in Leadership: Chuck Cashman

Wanda Kenton Smith

Boating Industry Magazine

Before he launched his career in the boating industry, Chuck Cashman supervised residential and commercial real estate as a project and construction manager. In 1992, fate stepped in and he was personally recruited by Bill McGill to work as a sales professional for the original Gulfwind Marine flagship store in Clearwater, Florida.

Bringing a wealth of passion for the boating lifestyle, a competitive edge and a heart for the customer and his team, Cashman hit the wake with purpose and quickly rose within the ranks to become an integral leader within the emerging MarineMax dynasty.

He was then tapped to open a small second outpost location in east Tampa and became a selling general manager. He returned to Clearwater in 1997 to lead the...[read more]