Welcome to the 2018 Power 50 list, which ranks the most influential people in the industry.

#26 Phil Koosed, BAMKO (asi/131431)

2017 Rank: N/A
Title: President
Industry Experience: 19 years

The co-founder and top exec at BAMKO, Koosed has raised his industry profile through aggressive deal-making. Koosed’s biggest splash was his firm’s acquisition of Tangerine Promotions – a purchase that helped push BAMKO onto the 2018 Counselor Top 40 distributor list. BAMKO’s promo industry sales now near $80 million and jumped by 90% between 2016 and 2017.