Mark Fuller, Born 1951
DESIGNER OF SPECTACULAR FOUNTAINS
Mark W. Fuller is president and CEO of WET, the world’s leading fountain and water feature design firm, which is based in Los Angeles, California. Fuller was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. While he was in junior high school, he built a small pond in the backyard of his parents' house. He first visited Disneyland when he was fourteen, and was inspired to expand the fish pond with lagoons and underwater tunnels, using an old washing machine pump. As part of his undergraduate thesis in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah, Fuller developed a large-scale laminar flow nozzle that has since been used extensively in WET's water features. After graduating from Stanford, Fuller worked as an Imagineer for The Walt Disney Company, applying the laminar flow technology he developed to create Disney's “Leapfrog” fountain feature at Epcot Center. Fuller co-founded WET in 1983 with two other ex-Imagineers, Melanie Simon and Alan Robinson. The company now holds more than 50 patents and employs over 200 staff — designers, architects, engineers, scientists, cinematographers and others. WET is known for notable water features that include the Fountains of Bellagio, The Dubai Fountain, the CityCenter in Las Vegas, and the rebuilt Revson Fountain at the Lincoln Center.
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