February 23, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha We have an update on a entrepreneurial story we told this past July about Greg Chambers, the bank sales manager who quit his day job in 2007 to found Mad Gringo, a clothing company featuring men's tropical island shirts and casual wear. This past week, the three-year old Mad Gringo merged with the more than 20-year old Wes & Willy, an Omaha-based clothing company geared towards a variety of boys clothing (sold in department stores… read more
July 29, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha Before starting a tropical clothing line in a state with no palm trees, Greg Chambers worked as a regional sales manager looking to get in touch with his inner “mad gringo.” Chambers, employed with First National Bank of Omaha at the time, was far from tropical as he adorned himself in a suit and tie everyday, making his inner “mad gringo” go loco. “It was great, but at the same time, it was not exactly what I was hoping to do with the rest of my life… read more