He was born on March 21, 1964, in Huntington Park, California. At 16 years old, He started working at Safeway as an assistant manager.[1]
On March 31, 1990; after leaving the California Polytechnic State University, Kirk Perron borrowed $30,000 from Lea Perron, and opened his first shop "Juice Club" in San Luis Obispo.[2] By 1996, Kirk Perron's Juice Club has over 30 locations, including 12 franchised stores, but Perron later abandoned the franchise model in favor of company-owned stores.[3]
In 1995, his company was renamed Jamba Juice, drawing from a West African word for "celebration". Four years later, Jamba Juice acquired Zuka Juice on March 24, 1999, renaming all of its Zuka stores with the "Jamba" name.[4] Perron left Jamba Juice in 2006 because of the acquisition by Services Acquisition Corp. International.[5]
Perron died from cardiac arrest in Palm Springs, California on June 20, 2020, at the age of 56. [1] According to The Wall Street Journal,[6] It caused breaking a hip.[1]
