Jonathan C. Coon
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Jonathan C. Coon is an American businessman who is the CEO and co-founder of 1-800 Contacts
. He received his B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations in 1994 from Brigham Young University
. While a student there, Coon created a small business selling contact lenses to other students. In 1995, his business model helped him win the 1995 Business Plan Competition hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management
, which awarded him capital to help grow his business (which he originally named 1-800-LENS-NOW) into 1-800 Contacts.
Coon was the recipient of the 2000 Ernst & Young
National Entrepreneur of the Year award and served on the Utah Valley State College Board of Trustees. He is also a founding member of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.
1-800 Contacts
1-800 CONTACTS is a privately held company based in Draper, Utah that sells various brands of contact lenses, including Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Ciba Vision, Bausch & Lomb and CooperVision...
. He received his B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations in 1994 from Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
. While a student there, Coon created a small business selling contact lenses to other students. In 1995, his business model helped him win the 1995 Business Plan Competition hosted by BYU's Marriott School of Management
Marriott School of Management
The Marriott School of Management is a business school located in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University , a private university in the United States owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, which awarded him capital to help grow his business (which he originally named 1-800-LENS-NOW) into 1-800 Contacts.
Coon was the recipient of the 2000 Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
National Entrepreneur of the Year award and served on the Utah Valley State College Board of Trustees. He is also a founding member of the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship.