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South Carolina Business Review

Lowcountry animation studio expanding operations

By Mike Switzer
Published June 28, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT
Ben Davis, CEO and founder of MOONDOG Animation Studio in Mt.Pleasant, S.C.
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Ben Davis, CEO and founder of MOONDOG Animation Studio in Mt.Pleasant, S.C.

Our next guest’s animation film studio has been busy over the past 10 years with projects for the St. Louis Aquarium, the Kennedy Space Center, and Patriot’s Point in Charleston and has now announced a $90,000 investment that will allow it to move to a larger office and add 20 jobs over the next five years. Mike Switzer interviews Ben Davis, CEO and founder of MOONDOG Animation Studio in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

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Mike Switzer
After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.
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