January 30th, 2008 Entrepreneur.com :: Mark Ecco :: Young Billionaires

Entrepreneur Magazine had an article in their new issue looking at a what they see as a new breed of young entrepreneurs who’s aspirations push them to what they herald as the new mark of success: being a billionaire. For this, they tapped Mark Ecco as well as David Hitz. The article doesn’t really glean anything too in depth about the mind-set or personality of Ecco, but it’s worth a quick skim regardless of the fact that Ecco has produced some of the worst clothing we know as ’streetwear’.

“Back in the ’90s, the big goal for many entrepreneurs was to earn a million dollars. A million meant you had made it–you were not only thriving, you were rich. Alas, being a millionaire now just doesn’t have the same cachet. To reach the same level of prestige now, you need to be a billionaire. Once, that might have been a far-fetched dream for entrepreneurs. But today, it isn’t only global corporate kings who can luxuriate in such wealth and lead billion-dollar enterprises. Entrepreneurs are creating and running some of these wildly successful companies, too. You’ll meet two of them–Marc Ecko and David Hitz–in the following pages.

Marc Ecko once said he hoped people would think of him as Willy Wonka. It’s easy to see why, because Ecko brings a sense of edgy wonder to his work. As chief creative officer of Marc Ecko Enterprises and co-founder with his twin sister, Marci Tapper, 35, and business partner Seth Gerszberg, 36, Ecko presides over an empire of clothing and accessory lines, such as Ecko Unltd. and Zoo York, as well as a video game and multimedia division and a magazine.”

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