MARTIN SNYDER CPYB
GENERAL MANAGER
SEATTLE
C 206 423 1302
O 206-789-8044
martin@seattleyachts.com
M A R T I N S N Y D E R
With over three decades of experience, Martin has gained extensive expertise about building, outfitting, and selling major boat brand yachts for a discerning clientele. Martin brings that experience to every customer interaction. Whether clients are buying or selling a yacht, or customizing one of their own, they find working with Martin an informative and fun experience.
Martin started out in the boating industry in 1985 with a dealership in Portland, Oregon that sold Wellcraft & Reinell boats. Martin went on to spend 18 years at Seaward Yacht Sales selling Grand Banks, Kadey-Krogen, Nordhavn, CHBB/Ponderosa, Silverton, and Mainship yachts. Then, at Compass Point/Crow’s Nest Yachts Martin sold Tiara, Cheoy Lee, Compass Yachts, and Viking Yachts. After this, Martin took a sales manager position at Adventure Yachts, the Pacific Northwest dealer for Hampton, Legend, Pama, Regency, and Symbol Yachts. In 2008, he formed the Hampton Yacht Group with four partners and was a working partner for six years. In December of 2014, he and his friend and business partner Jeff Chen opened the sales office for Premiere Yachts to reintroduce the Regency line that had been put on hold during the recession. Premiere Yachts is the global importer for Regency Motor Yachts with dealers in California, Florida, Canada and Australia and is also a brokerage offering a wide range of pre-owned yachts.
K R I S T E N J U A N – S N Y D E R
Kristen is not only the operations manager for Premiere Yachts, she is the ambassador that welcomes all who visit with a warm smile and ready to talk about boats.
Kristen grew up on Whidbey Island. After she finished school in Bellingham, Washington, she moved to Seattle where she started a career in banking in 1992. Eventually she helped start the marine lending program for Peoples Bank. She met Martin at one of the boat shows and three years later they were married on a boat in the middle of Lake Union. She retired from banking after 20 years and decided to then go work at Nordstrom in accounts receivable where she worked for five years. In December of 2014 she and her husband, along with their partner, Jeff Chen, started Premiere Yachts. In February of 2017 Kristen joined the team as operations manager, where she manages all aspects of the office to ensure it runs smoothly.