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From Windsurfing Rep to Parisian Café Owner: Laurent Vrignaud's 40-Year Journey to Moulin
🎙️ From Windsurfing Champion to Parisian Café Empire: Laurent Vrignaud's Journey from Action Sports to Authentic French Hospitality
In this inspiring episode, Laurent Vrignaud, founder of Moulin—a growing chain of authentic Parisian-style cafés in Orange County, California—shares his remarkable 40-year journey from landing in San Francisco as an 18-year-old competitive windsurfer to building the largest Burton Snowboards agency in the Western US, co-founding Nixon Watches (sold to Billabong in 2006), and finally opening what he called "a little café" at age 50 that has exploded into eight…
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