Willie Robertson He is the founder and CEO of Buck Commander and CEO of Duck Commander. Willie expanded his family's small business from a living room operation to a company for all things outdoors and has sold millions of duck calls and merchandise worldwide.

Willie Robertson is the CEO of Duck Commander and Buck Commander and star of A&E's “Duck Dynasty”.

Founded by Phil Robertson, a football quarterback at Louisiana Tech University, he developed and patented the company's namesake duck call the Duck Commander. He began his business in a dilapidated boat, where he spent 25 years making duck calls from Louisiana cedar trees.

Duck Commander is an American hunting and outdoor recreation company in West Monroe, Louisiana.

Today, Duck Commander is a multimillion-dollar company with a wide array of products in major retail stores across the country. It remains a family business, with 80% of its team made up of relatives. Duck Dynasty only added to its success.

Duck calls are still being produced daily by the Robertsons and friends on the site. You will definitely want to duck into the store and grab some great Duck Commander items to remember your trip.

Willie Robertson is the CEO of Duck Commander, a company that manufactures top-of-the-line duck calls, and the star of Duck Dynasty, one of America's most highly rated shows. Willie spoke with Dave about his family's multimillion-dollar company, their hit TV show on A&E network, and business in general.

The series portrays the lives of the Robertson family, who became successful from their family-operated business, Duck Commander. The West Monroe, Louisiana business makes products for duck hunters, primarily a duck call called Duck Commander.

American hunting and outdoor recreation company Duck Commander is an American hunting and outdoor recreation company in West Monroe, Louisiana.

A former college quarterback from Monroe, La., Robertson gave up a coaching career for his love of duck hunting when he discovered he could whittle a better duck call than any on the market -- a move that eventually made him millions of dollars and earned his family their own reality TV series.

Jase explained how the empire began: “Dad was hunting on the (Arkansas-Louisiana) state line at Moss Lake in 1972 when his buddy told him he ought to manufacture the call because the ducks like them so much. “He told dad, 'You don't just call the ducks; you command them. ' That's where the Duck Commander started.”

“What viewers have found in 'Duck Dynasty' is the flip side of that: a family that has worked hard, provided for itself, lives off the land and doesn't aspire to something that they're not. They believe in the real things in life that you take to the grave.”