Client Success Stories

Danny Winer:

Our goal when we started HexClad was to try to bring innovation to a stale category. We wanted to provide a pan that cleaned up really easily, but seared like a stainless steel or a cast-iron skillet and was as durable as those. Nobody wanted to invest early on because they said, "Oh, well, you know what, there's too many cookware companies as is." And I would say to potential investors, I'm like, "Yes, there are a lot of companies that are doing the same thing. There's room for something new. There's always room for innovation." J.P. Morgan has supported us in several different ways. They took the time to really understand our business, who we were, how we were showing up in public, and how do we create long-term strategies for success. We had a one-year plan, we have a three-year plan, we have a five-year plan, and there are different options of those plans as we examine the marketplace. It's nice to know that your bank is supporting you that way. And what's great is they're proactive about it. Even though J.P. Morgan is a huge company and we're smaller comparatively, there is this feeling like we're kind of a family in it together as well. We're going to continue to grow because people are going to continue to cook. People are going to continue to examine that creative outlet in their life. I think there's just so much great opportunity to explore the culinary arts with every single person in this country and in the other 39 countries that we currently sell in.

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