Marcus Lemonis, executive chairman of Beyond, Inc., joined the Beyond board of directors as co-chair in November 2023. Lemonis honed his entrepreneurial spirit while working at his family’s automotive dealership. At 25, Lemonis seized the opportunity to reshape the way recreational vehicles and outdoor equipment were sold. Under his leadership and vision, Camping World would grow to become the nation’s largest RV retailer. Lemonis next set out to host his own TV show. The hit CNBC series The Profit, in which Lemonis helped turn around and improve businesses, ran for eight seasons. It spawned spinoffs including, the Street of Dreams, featuring Lemonis educating himself and viewers about the financial workings of key industries.

Esther Suen joined Simatelex in 1986 and was named managing director in 1997. The family-owned private OEM was founded by her father in 1969 and manufactures household appliances for well-known brands in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, including Cuisinart, Keurig, Breville, Newell, Hamilton Beach, Presto, SEB, Zojirushi, Philips and Nespresso. Under Suen’s leadership, the company has experienced rapid growth and has become one of the largest electrical appliance manufacturers in the southern part of China. At one time, the company employed more than 30,000 factory workers in Guangdong Province. In 2018, in response to the tariff impact on Chinese-made products, Suen set up a factory in Batam, Indonesia, which has become one of the company’s major production locations.