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Santa Barbara Polo Club’s Savvy Marketer

Like so many über-successful entrepreneurs before him – Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Facebook’s 20-something Mark Zuckerberg come immediately to mind – Charles Ward dropped out of college to found his own business....click here to read more

 

Horsing Around in the Pacific

This is the story of two Texans, Scott Wood and Charles Ward, who have been friends for years through polo in Houston, Wellington, FL, and Santa Barbara. Scott owns the ERG polo team and plays around the world throughout the year Charles owns a 30 year old....click here to read more

 

Lucky’s Hosts Ferrari Polo After Pebble Event

Our town’s annual summer resident Charles Ward, the luxury brand marketer who jets from Dallas, is responsible for the brands that support the High Goal Season at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, and is also the club’s Corporate Sponsorship Marketing.....click here to read more

 

ARE THEY SAILING OR SELLING?

Dennis Conner's Sail America challenge from the San Diego Yacht Club was hanging by its syndicated thumbs until a little more than a year ago, when it hired an expert to organize a marketing campaign...click here to read more

 

 

THE ULTIMATE NETWORKER

One of the greatest compliments paid to Charles Ward must be that from Jesse Pruitt, president of Las Colinas Polo Club in Dallas, Texas. "Our club changed dramatically from the day I met him," said Pruitt...click here to read more

 

EXCELLENCE DELIVERED

Sixty-three years ago, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, a French-Canadian, founded a company to manufacture tracked vehicles for transportation on snow-covered terrain. It was known initially as L’Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée, becoming Bombardier Ltd in 1967....click here to read more