Jun. 12—Rob Dyrdek, a skateboarding legend and venture capitalist, has continued to expand his popularity and business endeavors over the years. His growth to that fame started in Kettering.

For those that know Rob Dyrdek for Rob & Big or Ridiculousness, it may come as a surprise that he’s now an entrepreneurial guru — a nose-grinding Gary Vee, if you will. But the one-time professional ...

Dyrdek’s first major marketing partnership came in 1993 when DC Shoes, a sports footwear brand, asked him to design a skateboarding shoe. When the Dyrdek1 model reached stores in 1994, it ...

(I should know; I bought some. And I don’t even like gin.) But arguably the best example of great content marketing is Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, the MTV series that ran from 2009 to 2015.