After working 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt North Carolina boat company, Eddie Smith Jr. built Grady-White Boats into a thriving business that attracted offers worth more than $400 million. But at 83, instead of taking the massive payday, Smith chose an unexpected path. Read on to find out what Eddie Smith Jr. did.

For nearly six decades, Eddie Smith Jr. devoted his life to rescuing and rebuilding Grady-White Boats, a struggling North Carolina boat manufacturer that was on the verge of…

After working 100-hour weeks to save a nearly bankrupt North Carolina boat company, Eddie Smith Jr. built Grady-White Boats into a thriving business that attracted offers worth…