Tom Ripley of Lids

Meet Tom Ripley, the Chairman and CEO of Lids, the popular retail chain of stores primarily known as the #1 seller of hats. With nearly 1,200 stores located across North America, the chain brings in just under $700 million in revenue.KFI's Jane Wells spoke with Ripley and asked him about his time as CEO of Lids - a whopping 90 days after his company acquired Lids earlier this year."We acquired Fans, a small chain in 2018, and later that year, Lids came up for sale ... we put in an offer, went back and forth for the better part of seven months, and we were lucky enough to win and purchased it, and close on February 2nd this year," Ripley says.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.