June 21, 2012
Do you remember the Pet Rock? It was invented in 1975 by Los Gatos resident Gary Dahl. According to Wikipedia, he sold 1.5 million pet rocks, largely during the Christmas season of 1975, and the sales of these novelties made him a multimillionaire in just 6 months’ time. Not a bad business, and a funky little bit of Los Gatos history.
