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Article: RV honcho back in driver's seat.(Business)(Bob Lee, founder of Country Coach, teams with a New York company to buy a Washington motor home manufacturer)
- Article from:
- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2006
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Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard
In August, Country Coach founder Bob Lee unhappily ended his affiliation with the company he started 33 years ago, saying its parent corporation was on the road to ruin.
On Tuesday, Lee jumped back in the RV game, joining with a New York equity firm to acquire a Yakima manufacturer, Western Recreational Vehicles Inc.
"I was getting bored," the 67-year-old Junction City resident said from the National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., where the deal was announced. "What's to enjoy about sitting in a rocking chair?"
Lee's partner in the Yakima deal is Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private ...
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