A Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena & Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 1

CoupleCo: Working With Your Spouse For Fun & Profit

Here’s a couple who turned the business model of their profession upside down to have more leverage, a better life, and bigger money. Sena and Rich Wheeler were just a run-of-the-mill professional fishing family until Sena had a brainstorm. They came up with a business model on a car ride, a smart lawyer said she should be the CEO, and the rest is history. Sena Sea Seafood sells fish direct to consumer—and the prize in their lineup is the famed Copper River Salmon that Rich fishes in Alaska. (We had some. It was incredible.) These two are crushing it despite COVID, which presented some serious challenges. And oh, by the way, they have some challenges in this relationship that are a little unusual…