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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Sometimes, Troy Michels takes a break from running his beverage company and skates away from it all
LATER, SKATER Resqwater co-founder Troy Michels, at a skate park near his home in Minneapolis.

GROWING UP IN MINNESOTA, Troy Michels, a co-founder of the recovery drink company Resqwater, spent winters on a snowboard and the warmer months on the four-wheeled equivalent. “By the time I was in fourth grade, I had built a

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