Cotopaxi: Davis Smith By his mid-30's, Davis Smith had co-founded two businesses. The first ended well, but the second was such a disappointment that he wondered if he should even bother trying again.

Davis Smith is founder and CEO of Cotopaxi. Sarah Wright. Sarah Wright is executive director of Utah Clean Energy. RELATED STORIES. George Pyle: Trouble, right here in Salt Lake City.

Davis Smith and his cousin Kimball Thomas were more like brothers. They attended business school at the same time, founded and ran two businesses together, and bought houses on the same street.

Davis Smith founded Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear company and certified B Corporation, in 2014. In July, he will step down as CEO to go on a 3-year religious mission in Brazil.

Davis Smith: First of all, we love the city of San Francisco. It was one of the first places where we started building our brand. We had—and have—a lot of great supporters of our brand, ...

Davis Smith, a BYU grad and founder of the outdoor gear company Cotopaxi, will be stepping down from his role as CEO to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...