Big Tennis Brings Big Money to South Carolina

By Mike Switzer

Published March 17, 2017 at 4:56 AM EDT

It’s that time of year again when another major sporting event makes another major economic impact in our state. The Volvo Car Open, a leading professional women's tennis tournament and official WTA event is coming to Daniel Island, just outside Charleston, April 1 - 9.

Mike Switzer interviews the tournament director, Bob Moran.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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