Bob Johnstone

Bob Johnstone, a founder of J Boats, Inc. and MJM Yachts, is a world-class sailor, inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame and recipient of the Mystic Seaport Museum's America and the Sea Award. A graduate of Princeton, he served as CEO of Quaker Oats subsidiaries in Colombia and Venezuela, then as product manager of pet foods in the US, he became Quaker's 1967-8 Marketing Man of the Year and director of market strategy & analysis. After Quaker, he founded Naturescapes, Inc., the United...See more

Bob Johnstone, a founder of J Boats, Inc. and MJM Yachts, is a world-class sailor, inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame and recipient of the Mystic Seaport Museum's America and the Sea Award. A graduate of Princeton, he served as CEO of Quaker Oats subsidiaries in Colombia and Venezuela, then as product manager of pet foods in the US, he became Quaker's 1967-8 Marketing Man of the Year and director of market strategy & analysis. After Quaker, he founded Naturescapes, Inc., the United States Youth Sailing Championship, and the SAIL 73 Wilmette community sailing program. He got into the business of boating at age 41 as marketing VP of AMF/Alcort to resurrect Sunfish sales. As the founding marketing genius behind J Boats, Inc., the world's leading performance sailboat brand, he was involved in 50+ designs, 20 of which became Boat-of-the-Year.. In 2003, he founded MJM Yachts LLC, a world leader in performance powerboats. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his first mate, The Reverend Mary B. Johnstone. See less