{"id":494,"date":"2025-12-10T02:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/?p=494"},"modified":"2025-12-10T02:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:49:36","slug":"paddle-marco-under-new-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/paddle-marco-under-new-ownership","title":{"rendered":"Paddle Marco under New Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Glenn has passed the torch to new owners in October, 2025 after a successful 10 years.\u00a0 Glenn founded Paddle Marco in late 2015 and built the company from the ground up from a simple rental operation delivering kayaks & paddleboards to homes around Marco Island on the canals.\u00a0 It blossomed into a tour company in early 2016\u00a0 and grew gradually year by year.\u00a0 In 2017, Paddle Marco’s growth allowed Glenn to acquire several competitors, including Kayak Marco and Up a Creek Kayak Tours.\u00a0 Paddle Marco became a household name for providing kayak shelling rentals at Caxambas park and providing mangrove tunnel tours with a\u00a0 mix of education, history and humor from Paddlecraft Park. Our tours included free HD photos with a real SLR camera and people loved it.

Glenn could not have done this without the help of his team, including:<\/strong>
Captain Lewis (2016-Present)
Ryan Young (2016)
Olga (2016-2024)
Jake (2018-2021)
Susan Cone (2017-2018)
Richard Maunz (2019-2022)
Sir Touch (2018-2022, 2024-Present)
Gucci (2020-2022)
Chandler (2021-Present)
RJ (2022, Present)
Richard (grand-dick) (2022-Present)
Lou (2021-2024)
Stephanie (2024)
Sal, & Kirk (2023-2025)

Glenn wants to thank the nearly 100,000 customers that he personally met or assisted over the last decade on kayak rentals and tours. Glenn also thanks Collier County for allowing small businesses to have access to the water when there’s virtually nothing left. A lot of blood, sweat, mud, mosquitoes, broken bones and a few herniated discs went into this business. Sharing a 20 square feet of boat ramp with the public and competitors that want to knock you off the top isn’t always easy either. It all worked out in the end.

The new owners, Richard, RJ and Chandler, who have been with this incredible company since 2021, took the reigns in early October.\u00a0 Together, they will continue to grow Paddle Marco to new heights.\u00a0 You can expect the same friendly service from them and the same fast kayak delivery that you have received over the last decade.\u00a0 As always, if you would like to book a kayak tour or rental, please give Paddle Marco a call:\u00a0 239-777-5423 or book online:\u00a0 www.paddlemarco.com<\/a>
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Glenn has passed the torch to new owners in October, 2025 after a successful 10 years.\u00a0 Glenn founded Paddle Marco in late 2015 and built the company from the ground up from a simple rental operation delivering kayaks & paddleboards to homes around Marco Island on the canals.\u00a0 It blossomed into a tour company in … Continue reading Paddle Marco under New Ownership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-news","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paddlemarco.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}