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Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.
Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.

Cotopaxi

  • Davis Smith founded Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear company and certified B Corporation, in 2014. 
  • In July, he will step down as CEO to go on a 3-year religious mission in Brazil.
  • In an interview with Insider, Smith talked about building Cotopaxi, and how it feels to leave. 

As a young boy in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador in the late '80s and early '90s, Davis Smith got a firsthand education on the randomness of poverty and prosperity. 

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