Every Brandy Melville store in the US is owned by a different independent company. All 34 are named a variation of Bastiat, after the libertarian economist Frédéric Bastiat. (Marsan is an ardent libertarian, naming a sub-brand John Galt after the character from "Atlas Shrugged," personal copies of which he displayed in early stores.) Business filings list Marsan as the CEO or director for each Bastiat company and the president of Bastiat USA.