REI CEO Jerry Strizke who resigned over affair is married to college ...

The Recreational Equipment Inc. CEO who was forced to resign over his affair with an unknown executive in the outdoor industry is a father of three who married his college sweetheart from Oklahoma State University.

Jerry Stritzke, 58, announced on Monday that he would be stepping down from his post as president and CEO of the REI co-op, a job that made him $2.8 million in 2017 and a little over $9.5 million over the past three years.

That money allowed him and his wife Edith to move into a $4.8 million mansion on uber-exclusive Mercer Island while Stritzke was working at REI, whose profits soared to a record $2.62 billion in 2017 under his leadership.

Stritzke was forced to sell that mansion however last year and move into a $2 million bachelor pad on Lake Washington in Seattle while his wife is jujst down the street in her own $3 million home according to property records obtained by DailyMail.com.

That bachelor pad may soon be back on the market again however now that Stritzke is unemployed.

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#OptOutside: Jerry Stritzke (above with wife Edith), the 58-year-old CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. announced on Monday he had resigned over an affair with an exec in the outdoor industry 

#OptOutside: Jerry Stritzke (above with wife Edith), the 58-year-old CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. announced on Monday he had resigned over an affair with an exec in the outdoor industry 

They did: He has been married to his college sweetheart Edith since 1982 (wedding photo above)

They did: He has been married to his college sweetheart Edith since 1982 (wedding photo above)

Bank: He helped REI make a record $2.62 billion in 2017 and was compensated $2.8 million as a result, making over $9.5 million between 2015 and 2017

Bank: He helped REI make a record $2.62 billion in 2017 and was compensated $2.8 million as a result, making over $9.5 million between 2015 and 2017

Family matters: Stritzke and his wife Edith (center front) have two daughters (above in back left and right with their husbands), a son (back center) and at least one grandchild 

Family matters: Stritzke and his wife Edith (center front) have two daughters (above in back left and right with their husbands), a son (back center) and at least one grandchild 

Seattle is a long way from the farm in Stillwell, Oklahoma were Stritzke spent his early years.

He opted to stay close too for college, getting a degree in Agriculture and Economics from Oklahoma State University in 1982, the same year he married wife Edith.

He then attended law school at the University of Oklahoma and began a job at a local firm where he managed to become partner at the age of 28, just a few years out of law school. 

Stritzke left that office to open his own firm but soon grew tried of that, an looking for a new challenge joined the retail consulting group Webb & Shirley. 

His success there lead him to Limited Brands, the conglomerate that includes stores such as Limited, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and more. 

Stritzke started out as Senior Vice President of Operations for the Limited, and by the end of his tenure was Chief Operating Officer and co-leader of Vitoria's Secret.

He left that job to head to Coach, where he was named president and COO in 2008 of the then-floundering company. 

That all changed however during his tenure, with Stritzke identifying the importance of growing in the Asian market and increasing sales in China alone from $30 million to $300 million in his four years with Coach. 

It was during this time that he was also named to the board of Lululemon Athletica Inc, but he stepped down from that position when he left his post at Coach.

He is still on the board of directors for Williams-Sonoma Inc. 

Then, in 2013, he moved to Seattle and took the top post at REI, a company that is also owned by its customers. 

He stepped in for Sally Jewell, who left to take a position in the Obama administration as Secretary of the Interior.

And he and Edith went big when it was time to purchase their new home, dropping $4 million for a mansion on Mercer

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