Preston Bealle was born in 1951 in Pelham Manor, NY. During school years, he moved to New Canaan and Los Angeles, with influential lessons from each. His father was vice president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, so he went to every game, often sitting in their box with Cary Grant, Annette Funicello, Jack Benny or other stars. After University of Arizona, he entered advertising in New York City with Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, working on Skippy, Hellman’s, Clorox, Hewlett Packard and many other accounts.
When the internet hit around 1997, Preston converted and became the first head of online advertising at any agency. He left the agency business and became founder and/or CEO at Jumbo.com, Babygear.com and Gorp.com, later merging each with larger companies. Retired, he is an active trader of weekly stock options. He decided in 15 minutes on their first date that he hoped to marry his wife, Kim. They had a large formal wedding on their 7th date and have been married for 43 years raising 3 kids who went K-12 in Darien.
A music buff, Preston has a lifelong fascination with the Everly Brothers, and his 12 year-old
face is still often seen on Ed Sullivan clips from the famous Beatles broadcast in 1964.
