Stephen Adams (mai kasuwanci)

**Stephen Adams** (7 ga Nuwamba, 1937 - Maris 14, 2024) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka, mai saka hannun jari a hannun jari masu zaman kansu, kuma mai taimakon jama'a. Hannun jarinsa sun haɗa da Good Sam Enterprises, wani mawallafi na ƙasa, shagunan sayar da kayayyaki, da ƙungiyar tallan kai tsaye ta membobi da aka tsara wa masu motocin nishaɗi da Adams Outdoor Advertising, wani mai kula da tsarin tallan waje a yankunan Midwest, Southeast, da Mid-Atlantic na Amurka. Hannun jarinsa na baya sun haɗa da masu gudanar da tashoshin talabijin da rediyo, masu buga littattafai, masu sayar da kwalba na kola da bankunan al'umma. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Adams a Minneapolis a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1937, kuma ya girma a Minnesota .  Adams ya sami digirin farko a shekarar 1959 daga Jami'ar Yale, inda ya kasance memba na Skull and Bones .  Ya sami digirin MBA daga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Stanford a shekarar 1962. Adams ɗa ne ga tsohon ɗan jarida kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo da talabijin na CBS Cedric Adams .

## Sana'ar ƙwararru
Ya zuwa ƙarshen shekarar 2007, Adams ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na Affinity Group Inc., FreedomRoads da Affinity Bank (wanda yanzu aka sani da Camping World/GoodSam, Inc.) kuma shi ne shugaba kuma mai hannun jari a Adams Outdoor Advertising. Ya kasance shugaban Affinity Group Inc. tun lokacin da aka sayi kamfanin a watan Disamba na 1988 kuma shugaban Adams Outdoor Advertising tun lokacin da aka kafa kamfanin a 1983. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Adams Radio Group (wanda ke Lakeville, Minnesota ) da kuma Adams Publishing Group (wanda ke St. Louis Park, Minnesota ).

Adams ya fara aikinsa a fannin banki da kuma kwalaben giya. Tun daga shekarun 1970, Adams ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kamfanonin banki masu zaman kansu, kamar su kwalba, wallafe-wallafe, tallan waje, talabijin da rediyo, inda yake da hannun jari mai iko. Adams ya mallaki Chateau Fonplagade a Bordeaux da kuma sauran kamfanonin giya na hagu, da kuma kamfanonin giya na Adamus, Michel-Schlumberger, Roblar, da Adler Fels a Arewacin California.

A shekarar 1982, ya yi nasara a wani lokaci mai tsawo don samun iko a Bankin Montana System.   A shekarar 1984, Adams ya gaza a yunkurin kwace iko da Union Planters da ake sayarwa a bainar jama'a.  An sayar da Bankin Montana System ga Norwest Corporation a shekarar 1993. 

### Adams na Waje
An kafa Adams Outdoor a shekarar 1983 tare da sayen Central Outdoor Advertising, wanda ke Michigan . A cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa, Adams ya ci gaba da tattara kadarorin tallan waje da sauran kadarorin tallan waje zuwa wasu kasuwannin matsakaici, musamman ta hanyar sayen kasuwancin tallan waje da ke akwai a wasu jihohin tsakiya, kudu maso gabas da tsakiyar Atlantic (misali Central Outdoor a Michigan, Creative Displays a cikin Lehigh Valley, Schloss Outdoor a North Carolina, da Turner Outdoor a Atlanta, Georgia).  A yau kamfanin yana da zaman kansa, amma a shekararsa ta ƙarshe ta bayar da rahoton kuɗaɗen jama'a, 2000, kamfanin yana da kusan dala miliyan 80 na kudaden shiga. Tun daga shekarar 2000, kamfanin ya ƙara matsayinsa na kasuwa daga kamfanin tallan waje na 6 mafi girma a Amurka zuwa na 4 mafi girma bayan Clear Channel Outdoor, Lamar Advertising Company, da Outfront Media . A watan Janairun 2015, Adams Outdoor ya haɗu da kamfanin hannun jari mai zaman kansa na GTCR da ke Chicago, don siyan Fairway Outdoor, wanda hakan ya ninka ribar mallakar Adams na waje sau biyu. Daga baya an sayar da Fairway Outdoor ga Mediaco Holding, Inc. a shekarar 2019.

A ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2022, Adams Outdoor ya sayi kadarorin Toby Outdoor Advertising a North Carolina da Virginia, inda ya ƙara fuskoki 186 a cikin kayan da Adams ya yi a Winston-Salem. 

### Kamfanin Affinity Group Inc.
A ranar 23 ga Disamba, 1988, wanda ya riga Affinity Group Inc. (AGI) kai tsaye, mallakar Adams, ya sayi wani kamfani mai suna American Bakeries Company akan kimanin dala miliyan 138. A lokacin haɗakar, kadarorin gudanarwa na Kamfanin American Bakeries sune TL Enterprises, Inc. ( mujallar Trailer Life ) da Camp Coast to Coast, Inc. Waɗannan ƙungiyoyi sun ƙunshi abin da a yau ake kira Good Sam Club, Coast to Coast, kasuwancin samfura da ayyuka na AGI bisa biyan kuɗi da kuma wallafe-wallafen RV na AGI, ban da taken Woodall.

Daga 1990 zuwa 1997, AGI ta sayi wasu kamfanoni. Daga cikin sayayyan akwai Golf Card International a 1990 akan kimanin dala miliyan 18; kuma a watan Mayu na 1994, Kamfanin Woodall Publishing, LP da Woodall World of Travel, LP (wanda aka haɗa su da Woodall's) akan kimanin dala miliyan 11.5.

A shekarar 1995, AGI ta sayi kamfanin San Francisco Thrift and Loan mai shekaru 13 sannan ta mayar da hedikwatar kamfanin zuwa Ventura, California . A shekarar 1997, an sake sanya wa bankin suna Affinity Bank; a shekarar 1999, AGI ta mayar da mallakar kamfanin zuwa Affinity Bank Holdings, Inc. wani kamfani daban da Adams ke sarrafawa 

A watan Maris na shekarar 1997, a matsayin wani ɓangare na tayin dala miliyan 130.0 na takardun hannun jari na kamfanin AGI da za a biya a shekarar 2007, AGI ta sayi Camping World, Inc. da Ehlert Publishing akan kimanin dala miliyan 123.0 da dala miliyan 22.3, bi da bi.   AGI yanzu ana kiranta da Camping World/GoodSam, kuma ita ce babbar hanyar sadarwar dillalan RV da dillalan sansani a Amurka. Kamfanin NBC 's  ya nuna shugaban kamfanin Camping World/GoodSam Marcus Lemonis a matsayin tauraruwarsa. A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2016, Camping World/GoodSam ta sayar da tayin farko na jama'a a matsayin Camping World Holdings, Inc.; a yau, tana ciniki a Kasuwar Hannun Jari ta New York a matsayin CWH. 

## Jaridu
A shekarar 2013, ɗan Stephen Adams, Mark Adams, ya kafa Adams Publishing Group (APG). Stephen Adams ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban kwamitin Adams Publishing Group. APG kamfani ne mai ɗaukar nauyin da ya shafi kamfanoni masu zaman kansu wanda ke da jaridu a jihohi sama da 20. A halin yanzu hedikwatarsa tana Greeneville, Tennessee . 

## Alaƙan siyasa
Adams ya tara kuɗi ga 'yan takarar Jam'iyyar Republican . An ruwaito cewa ya ba da gudummawar sama da dala miliyan 1 na tallan allunan talla (ta hanyar kasuwancinsa na Adams Outdoor Advertising) don tallafawa yakin neman zaben George W. Bush na 2000. 

## Taimakon jama'a
Gidauniyar Iyali ta Adams, wacce Adams da matarsa Denise suka kafa, ta bayar da tallafi ga cibiyoyin ilimi daban-daban, ciki har da Jami'ar Yale, Jami'ar Stanford,  Kwalejin Westmont, Kwalejin Fasaha ta Lyme Academy, da Makarantar Blake . Adams ya bayar da gudummawar dala miliyan 100 ga Makarantar Kiɗa ta Yale a shekarar 2005, mafi girman gudummawa guda ɗaya a tarihin makarantar har zuwa wannan lokacin. Adams ya sanya makarantar kyauta ta makaranta, ya shiga kwamitin gudanarwa, kuma ya ba da kuɗin gina Cibiyar Fasaha ta Kiɗa ta Adams, wanda aka keɓe a wani biki na 2017 wanda Shugaban Yale Peter Salovey ya jagoranta.   Bayan an gano yana da cutar Parkinson, Adams ya ba da gudummawar Cibiyar Nazarin Jiki ta Yale. 

## Kyaututtuka
An zaɓi Adams don karɓar kyautar Arbuckle daga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Digiri na biyu ta Jami'ar Stanford a shekarar 2006.   A shekarar 2009, Adams ya sami lambar yabo ta Yale, mafi girman kyautar da ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗaliban Yale ta bayar. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Adams ya auri matarsa ta huɗu, tsohuwar Denise Rhea. Yana da 'ya'ya maza huɗu daga aurensa na farko da marigayiya Virginia Susan Ridgway: Stephen Marcus, Mark Charles, Kent Ridgway, da Scott Learned Adams. Ridgway jikanyar John Ridgway ce, wanda ya kafa IDS (wanda yanzu ake kira Ameriprise Financial). Ameriprise Financial kamfani ne na Fortune 200 wanda ke da jarin kasuwa na dala biliyan 21. Iyalan Ridgway sun sayar da hannun jarinsu na IDS ga American Express a shekarar 1984 akan dala miliyan 600. Daga baya aka sake sanya wa IDS/American Express suna American Express Financial Advisers, daga baya kuma American Express ta mayar da ita kamfaninta na kasuwanci a 2005, sannan aka sake sanya wa Ameriprise Financial suna. Babban hedikwatar kamfanin, IDS Centre, ita ce mafi tsayi a Minneapolis, Minnesota, wanda Phillip Johnson ya tsara kuma aka kammala a 1974, kodayake ba ya zama hedikwatar kamfanin Ameriprise. Adams ya zauna a Roxbury, Connecticut ; Healdsburg, California ; Big Timber, Montana ; da kuma Saint Emilion (Bordeaux), Faransa . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Ya mutu a gidansa da ke Roxbury a ranar 14 ga Maris, 2024, yana da shekaru 86. 

## Duba kuma

* Kamfanin Affinity Group Inc.
* Duniyar Zango

## Manazarta