Mitchell Davis
Mitchell Davis grew up in Summerville, SC, and graduated from The College of Charleston. After exploring a career as a musician, Davis turned his professional attention to media in 1994.
In 1996, he founded Lowcountry Media Group, a multimedia design and marketing agency in Charleston, SC. That experience laid the groundwork for his next venture: BookSurge, a global print-on-demand software, services and manufacturing company that Davis co-founded in 2000. Its innovative platform quickly became an industry standard, and the North Charleston-based company grew rapidly. Online bookseller and retail giant Amazon.com purchased the company for an undisclosed sum in April 2005, and Davis spent the next two years integrating its operations and overseeing business development for Amazon.
Today Davis lives with his wife, artist and filmmaker Farrah Hoffmire, on the Charleston peninsula, where they devote much of their time to Organic Process Productions and its numerous creative projects. In addition to their business, the two stay actively engaged in the city’s various music, art and cultural scenes. Davis is also a popular speaker on topics ranging from entrepreneurship to media transformation and cultural change.