Welcome to the 2019 Power 50 list, which ranks the most influential people in the industry.

#6 Ely Eastman, Taly Eyal & Sharon Eyal ETS Express (asi/51197)

2018 Rank: 6

Along with his father, Ely, and sister, Taly, Sharon Eyal – Counselor’s 2018 Person of the Year – continued the family business’s dramatic growth, driving the company’s sales up 14% in 2018 to $112 million, as well as an impressive 20% increase YTD in 2019. With two locations – Oxnard, CA, and Concord, NC – the company stands as a unique one on the Top 40, as it’s family-owned and solely focused on one product offering. Yet as their Power 50 peers point out, the trio is on the forefront of the explosive drinkware category, which for the first time became the second-largest product category after T-shirts, accounting for 9% of the promo business and $2.22 billion in distributor sales in 2018. ETS, clients note, continually dominates both drinkware categories – glassware and plastic – in Counselor’s annual Distributor Choice Awards and leads the industry in service, speed, decoration and design.