TIGER 21 San Diego

TIGER 21 San Diego is part of the premier global peer membership organization for ultra-high-net-worth entrepreneurs, investors and executives. With success comes challenges and opportunities, and TIGER 21 Members, through deep, trusted relationships, rely on each other to take their lives to the next level.

Chairs

  • Jer Swain

    Jer Swain

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Jerry Swain is Chair of San Diego 02 and an accomplished CEO and Entrepreneur. From his journey at IBM to his founding of Jer’s Chocolates, Jerry’s dynamic leadership is unique with his ability to blend his successes in both corporate leadership with his entrepreneurial grit/drive. Jer’s Chocolates earned national recognition for its award-winning products, inspirational story, and Jer’s Cares Charitable Initiative. Upon his successful sale of the business in 2016, he found new passion as partner at CEO Coaching International where he coaches and mentors CEOs and Entrepreneurs. He has helped dozens of companies grow EBITDA, revenue and earn successful exits. Jerry is a professional speaker and an active board member. Jerry enjoys fitness and spending time with his children. Jerry authored a giftbook of chocolate quotes and he donates 100% of all proceeds to charity. Jerry’s zeal for life is infectious. He looks for ways to grow, learn, inspire people, and bring a smile to everyone he meets.
  • Lewis Haskell

    Lewis Haskell

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Lew Haskell is the Chair of San Diego Group 1 and TIGER 21’s Global Best Practice Chair. Lew was born and raised in Canada, spent a year in the Arctic working at a gold mine and as an apprentice carpenter before joining the family business then Xerox. Moving to the US in 1989 he worked for TEC/Vistage. Since 2006 Lew has been the Chair of San Diego Group 1, the first group formed outside of New York, and he founded six additional TIGER 21 groups. Lew has been married to Susan since 1981 and they are the proud parents of two amazing sons and grandparents to three delightful grandchildren. He was a Leadership Mentor in the Anderson School at UCLA and has attended Harvard and recently Oxford. What you may not know is Lew once sang in Vegas and has had three award winning mystery novels published. Lew lives in Key West and San Diego.
  • Dan Hughes - TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Dan Hughes

    Dan Hughes

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Dan Hughes is the Chair of San Diego 03. As a seasoned entrepreneur, Dan has built and sold businesses in manufacturing, service, and consumer product industries with his latest venture, MantelMount, going to market in early 2023. After selling his first business in 2008, Dan became actively involved in setting up and chairing small business advisory boards in various industries. Dan is a believer in the value of peer learning and has been a long term member of Vistage as well as a Gen Next forum. Dan has been married to his wife Amy since 1999 and they have four children, the youngest of which will be off to college in 2029. Dan is an executive board member of Cancer for College, a charity that awards scholarships to kids who beat cancer.
  • Jer Swain

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Jer Swain

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Jerry Swain is Chair of San Diego 02 and an accomplished CEO and Entrepreneur. From his journey at IBM to his founding of Jer’s Chocolates, Jerry’s dynamic leadership is unique with his ability to blend his successes in both corporate leadership with his entrepreneurial grit/drive. Jer’s Chocolates earned national recognition for its award-winning products, inspirational story, and Jer’s Cares Charitable Initiative. Upon his successful sale of the business in 2016, he found new passion as partner at CEO Coaching International where he coaches and mentors CEOs and Entrepreneurs. He has helped dozens of companies grow EBITDA, revenue and earn successful exits. Jerry is a professional speaker and an active board member. Jerry enjoys fitness and spending time with his children. Jerry authored a giftbook of chocolate quotes and he donates 100% of all proceeds to charity. Jerry’s zeal for life is infectious. He looks for ways to grow, learn, inspire people, and bring a smile to everyone he meets.

    Lewis Haskell

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Lewis Haskell

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Lew Haskell is the Chair of San Diego Group 1 and TIGER 21’s Global Best Practice Chair. Lew was born and raised in Canada, spent a year in the Arctic working at a gold mine and as an apprentice carpenter before joining the family business then Xerox. Moving to the US in 1989 he worked for TEC/Vistage. Since 2006 Lew has been the Chair of San Diego Group 1, the first group formed outside of New York, and he founded six additional TIGER 21 groups. Lew has been married to Susan since 1981 and they are the proud parents of two amazing sons and grandparents to three delightful grandchildren. He was a Leadership Mentor in the Anderson School at UCLA and has attended Harvard and recently Oxford. What you may not know is Lew once sang in Vegas and has had three award winning mystery novels published. Lew lives in Key West and San Diego.
    Dan Hughes - TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Dan Hughes

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Dan Hughes

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Diego

    Dan Hughes is the Chair of San Diego 03. As a seasoned entrepreneur, Dan has built and sold businesses in manufacturing, service, and consumer product industries with his latest venture, MantelMount, going to market in early 2023. After selling his first business in 2008, Dan became actively involved in setting up and chairing small business advisory boards in various industries. Dan is a believer in the value of peer learning and has been a long term member of Vistage as well as a Gen Next forum. Dan has been married to his wife Amy since 1999 and they have four children, the youngest of which will be off to college in 2029. Dan is an executive board member of Cancer for College, a charity that awards scholarships to kids who beat cancer.

TIGER 21 offers Members a confidential place to discuss, learn, and network as you navigate these issues of wealth and success through:

Candid Monthly Group Meetings

with up to 15 peers who become your trusted confidantes

Cutting-Edge Thought Leadership

through virtual and in-person conferences and events

Access to an Unparalleled Network

of wealth creators worldwide with deep collective intelligence

I never thought I’d find a group aligned with my core vision of trying to evolve, grow, preserve wealth, be a great human being, and raise great kids. TIGER 21 changed my life. It changed me as a person, and it changed the future of what it means to be a Dyrdek.

Rob Dyrdek

When you’re blessed and you’re growing your world, it’s very difficult to talk to people about how much you have and what plans you have. But TIGER 21 offers a platform where you can openly share with people who are in the same position.

Sanjay Singhania

When you have a lot of success, it’s a great thing, but it’s also a little isolating. Now I’m in a community of people that are faced with the same things I’m faced with.

Doug McKeige

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