Glen Schwesinger, 2013 Super Man

A Naples resident since 1989, Schwesinger is a bold adventurer who, at age 20, spent a year traveling solo around the world, visiting 15 different countries. Currently the vice president of investments at UBS Financial Services, he combined his commitment to The Shelter for Abused Women & Children (he serves on The Shelter’s board, is on The Shelter’s Gentle’men Against Domestic Violence Committee and helped launch its Next Generation Committee) with his daring nature by completing the successful ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. He and his friend and climbing companion, Gordon Kellam, met the challenge Schwesinger had set to raise awareness and money for The Shelter. Aside from the actual scaling of the mountain, the two hosted multiple events in Naples before and after their journey and created a documentary film of their trek.

Naples' Super Men - Glen Schwesinger - UBS Financial Services

“If the climb was able to end one person’s years of abuse, then mission accomplished.”

Motto: “Listen more, talk less.”

 

Literary figure he’d want to meet: “Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye—but at the age he’d be now, so 80. I’d like to speak with him about how people and life have changed over the years.”

 

Why he did the climb: “I was motivated by two very different reasons, one selfish and one selfless. The selfish reason was to challenge myself—to see the mountain, to experience that part of Africa, to push myself, to take off the suit and tie and push away from the desk, to see if I had gotten as soft as I felt, to be proud of myself. The second reason, and the reason I actually made myself do it, was to raise awareness for The Shelter. It was the voice in the back of my head like when you are on mile 20 of a marathon. It was the force that said, ‘do something for the greater good.’”

 

Personal style in three words: “Jeans, T’s, flops.”

 

Something he can’t live without: “Friendship with a martini chaser.”

 

Photography by Vanessa Rogers

Shot on location at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Naples.

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