Hours after closing last week on the building next to his Sioux Falls headquarters, Silencer Central founder and CEO Brandon Maddox reflected on the irony of the deal.
His purchase — a vacant former Wells Fargo call center at 4811 N. Fourth Ave. — belonged to the lender that once denied him financing for his business.
“I had had my 401(k) with Wells when I left corporate America,” Maddox said, explaining that he approached the bank while in the early days of starting Silencer Central, which designs and manufacturers firearms suppressors…