Carl A. Allen is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, outdoor sportsman, and explorer. His business career began at the Heritage Bag Company in 1986. He rose to become President/CEO and eventually became the sole owner of the company in 2005, leading Heritage Bag through a sustained period of growth before selling the company to the South Carolina-based Novolex corporation in 2017.

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Allen is also a passionate hunter and fisherman who owns the legendary fishing destination, Walker’s Cay in the northern Bahamas, Tellico Junction, a 2,600 acre ranch in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, various hunting leases in his native Texas as well as a fleet of large yachts he uses to fish and search for underwater cultural artifacts in the Bahamas.