Surf's Up For Sunny

During his sabbatical, Sunny Trinh started 9 Fish Surfboards, which he now runs in the evenings, outside of his management position with Arrow Electronics. “By starting a business, I learned quite a bit that I bring to my job at Arrow,” he says. “I am also able to use the surf business to build relationships with many of the Arrow customers and suppliers that surf.” When hiring new talent for Arrow, Sunny sees the company’s sabbatical program as a big differentiator. “If all else is pretty equal, they’ll definitely be interested in working for us, because of the sabbatical offering. And if I find that someone doesn’t care much about the fact that we offer the sabbatical program, then I’m concerned that they aren’t planning on a long-term commitment.”