#32 - Jeff Gum | Former Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life Swimwear Artwork

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#32 - Jeff Gum | Former Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life Swimwear

March 03, 2022 • Blain Smothermon & Eric Hearn

EP 32 Now Available w/ former Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life swimwear company Jeff Gum (@Jeffgum)
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Jeff Gum is a Navy Seal and founder of Sunga Life Swimwear. He was a part of Seal Team 5 where he deployed to Fallujah Iraq, was selected for the Navy SEAL Breacher and Sniper Schools and worked with the Secret Service.

In 2015, Jeff began his transition out of the Navy by participating in The Honor Foundation’s 120 hours of Executive Education at UCSD Rady School of Management. The program inspired him to launch his own swimwear line partnering with 2-time ESPY award-winning adaptive athlete, Kyle Maynard, called Sunga Life.

The company is focused on achieving double bottom line goals of purpose and profitability, where 10% of profits go to veteran charities — specifically those that benefit wounded and amputee Special Operations Forces. Jeff transitioned out of the Navy in June 2017, traveled the world for a year and received his masters degree from the UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus on Entrepreneurship.

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