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| HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE. 9/11 WAS A LIE. THERE WERE NO TOWEL HEADS. THERE WAS NO AIRPLANE. IN TRUTH I WAS VISITING THE BIG APPLE, SO AS TO COMPARE MY GARGANTUAN MEAT TRAIN TO IT AND LAUGH AT THE GASPING NEW YORKERS AS I POUNDED THEIR BELOVED NAMESAKE INTO BIG APPLE SAUCE. HAVING NOT GOTTEN RELEASE FROM MY CULINARY EXERCISE, I MEANDERED DOWN THE STREET WITH MY VITAL BLOOD ENGORGED SEWER PIPE OUT IN FRONT OF ME LIKE A BLIND MAN'S CANE, LOOKING FOR A HOLE IN THE BACKSIDE OF A WOMAN WHICH I WOULD STRETCH BEYOND HUMAN LIMITS. I SPOTTED AT THAT VERY MOMENT AN ATTRACTIVE FEMALE IN A MINISKIRT WAVING AT ME. I SLAPPED HER TO THE GROUND WITH MY ENORMOUS PHALLUS AND QUICKLY RAVISHED HER SKIRT LIKE A STARVED DOG ON A BABY MADE OF STEAK. THE SIGHT THAT AWAITED BOTH SHOCKED AND ENRAGED ME. AFTER SEEING THIS "WOMAN'S" RAISIN-SIZED WINKY WINKLER, I VOMITED DOWN HIS THROAT AND PENETRATED HIS ESOPHAGUS, RIPPED OUT HIS SPINE AND PEELED HIS CORPSE FROM MY MONEYMAKER. TO TEACH ALL OF NEW YORK A LESSON FOR LETTING THIS FLAMING FAG BAG LIVE, I LET LOOSE A SEMENAL FLOOD OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS UPON THE TOWERS OF TWO (AT WHOM'S SMALL SIZE I LAUGHED LIKE A CLOWN RAPING AN 8 YEAR OLD), WHICH CAUSED THEM TO COME CRASHING DOWN LIKE ME AFTER A WEEKEND METH BINGE. I MOCKED THE NEW YORKERS AND MADE NIGGER JOKES AS THEY RAN FROM MY EVER EXPANDING CLOUD OF SPERMAZOA, MASTURBATING TO THE LOOKS OF HORROR ON THEIR FACES. THE GOVERNMENT, IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE FACE AND BECAUSE THEY HATE ARABS MORE THAN JEWS, PAINTED A BOEING 767 ON MY GIGANTIC COCK AND CALLED IT A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE FEELING OF PAINTBRUSHES ON MY DICK MADE ME COME AGAIN, AND PRESIDENT BUSH SNORTED UP EVERY LAST DROP BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS COKE. SUDDENLY, HE CRIED OUT, "WHAT'S THAT AMAZING SMELL?" THEN A GROSSLY OBESE NEGRO POPPED OUT FROM BEHIND THE BURNING, TWISTED WRECKAGE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS AND QUIPPED, "THAT'S THE POWER OF PINE-SOL!" DISPLEASED AT HER INTERRUPTION OF MY DEVASTATING SODOMY CONQUEST, YET SIMULTANEOUSLY ODDLY AROUSED BY A SUB-HUMANS DEFIANCE IN THE FACE OF MY TITANIC MEAT MONOLITH, I GRABBED THE NEGRESS BY HER ARMS AND INSERTED MY BATTLE CRUISER OF PASSION INTO THE ROILING WAVES OF FAT WHICH OBSCURED HER VAGINAL CLEFT. SHE SCREAMED INDECHIPHERABLY IN EBONICS, SO TO SHUT HER UP I POURED ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE PINE-SOL BOTTLE DOWN HER THROAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHEMICALS IN THE LIQUID COMBINED WITH MY UNEARTHLY SUPER-SEMEN TO FORM A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE OF PURE POWER. JUST BEFORE THE FAT NEGRESS BLEW APART AS A RESULT OF THE INCREDIBLE CHEMICAL REACTION, MY MOTHER GOT SCARED AND SAID, "YOU'RE MOVING WITH YOUR AUNTIE AND UNCLE IN BEL-AIR." I WHISTLED FOR A CAB AND WHEN IT CAME NEAR, THE LICENSE PLATE SAID 'FRESH' AND IT HAD DICE IN THE MIRROR. IF ANYTHING I COULD SAY THAT THIS CAB WAS RARE, BUT I THOUGHT, 'NAH, FORGET IT, YOU HOLMES, TO BEL-AIR!" I PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT AND I YELLED TO THE CABBY, YO HOLMES, SMELL YA LATER!" I LOOKED AT MY KINGDOM, I WAS FINALLY THERE, TO SIT ON MY THRONE AS THE PRINCE OF BEL-AIR. ONCE I ENTERED MY NEW, PALATIAL ABODE (ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE, WORTHY OF MY INCALCULABLY HUGE MEAT MISSILE) I IMMEDIATELY SWEPT MY NEW FOSTER PARENTS ASIDE AND HEADED FOR THE ROOM OF THEIR YOUNG NIECE. YOU SEE, I JUST SPENT THE LAST TWENTY MINUTES RUBBING A TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL'S BARE CHEST. "HOW?" YOU ASK. WELL APPARENTLY THERE ARE A SELECT FEW CONTEXTS WITHIN WHICH SUCH AN ACTION IS ACCEPTABLE. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOUR NIECE HAS A HACKING COUGH AND YOUR SISTER ASKS YOU TO "PUT SOME OF THIS ON HER" WHILE SHE CALLS THE DOCTOR. "PUTTING SOME OF THIS ON HEAR" MEANT USING MY BARE HANDS TO RUB THIS VAPOR OINTMENT SHIT ALL OVER HER BARE NAKED CHEST. MY HEARTBEAT IS STILL ALL ERRATIC FROM IT. I HAD A BONER THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN THE ENTIRE TIME. SHE'S SLEEPING NOW AND I GUESS SHE FEELS BETTER BECAUSE SHE STOPPED COUGHING. DETAILS: SHE'S ABOUT 5 FEET TALL, HAS LONG BROWN HAIR, A CUTE FACE, A THIN WAIST AND LONG SKINNY LEGS. SHE'S IN JAMMIES I THINK BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I'M PRETTY SHAKEN UP RIGHT NOW I KNOW I UNBUTTONED SOMETHING BEFORE I WENT AT IT. GOD I FEEL SO GREAT. I JUST RUBBED MY HANDS LAL OVER HER FUCKING TITS, YOU GUYS. WELL THE PUFFY PARTS OF HER CHEST ANYWAY. HER NIPPLES GOT HARD. I JUST ABOUT WEPT TEARS OF JOY. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS IN THIS UNIVERSE WHICH CAN BRING ME TO SUCH A STATE, AND COMBINED WITH MY INCREDIBLE STATE OF AROUSAL, I WAS UNABLE TO HOLD BACK THE STORM BREWING IN MY COLOSSAL PUDDING BLASTER. MY STEAMING-HOT SILVER LAVA BLASTED OUT FURIOUSLY, INSTANTLY KILLING MY UNFORTUNATE YOUNG COUSIN AND REDUCING MY NEW HOME TO BLASTED BITS AND PIECES OF WOODEN DETRITUS. I GUARANTEE IT. | |||
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| '''George Zimmer''' (born November 21, 1948) is an American businessman. He is the founder, former executive chairman (1973–2013) and former CEO (1973–2011) of the ], a clothing retailer with more than 1,200 stores<ref name="menswearhouse.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.menswearhouse.com/timeline,%20https://www.menswearhouse.com/timeline|title=Our Timeline | Men's Wearhouse|website=www.menswearhouse.com}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> in the US and Canada, under the brands ], Men's Wearhouse and K&G Superstores. After leaving his executive position with the company, he continued as the company's spokesperson, until he was fired in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yourmoney.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/19/mens-wearhouse-fires-the-i-guarantee-it-guy/?hpt=hp_t3 |title=Men's Wearhouse fires the 'I guarantee it' guy |date=June 19, 2013 |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 19, 2013 |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623055127/http://yourmoney.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/19/mens-wearhouse-fires-the-i-guarantee-it-guy/?hpt=hp_t3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zimmer is now the founder, chairman, and CEO of ], an online tuxedo and suit rental platform, and zTailors, a national network of on-demand tailors for men and women. | |||
| ==Early life and education== | |||
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| Zimmer was born to a Jewish family<ref>Marcus Wohlsen, AP/JWeekly, October 28, 2010.</ref> in New York City. He attended primary school in ], before studying at ] where he was a member of the phi chapter of ], and where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1970.<ref name=bweek04>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Louise |date=November 1, 2004 |title=Spiffing Up Men's Wearhouse |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_44/b3906112.htm |newspaper=] |access-date=June 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627040653/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_44/b3906112.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2012 }}</ref> Upon graduation, he worked as a substitute teacher before joining his father in the clothing manufacturing business. Later in the early 1970s, he worked as a purchasing agent and salesman in Hong Kong and ].<ref name=bweek04 /> | |||
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| Robert Elkin Zimmer started his own manufacturing company Royalad Apparel which he later expanded into Zimco Industries.<ref name="greenwichfreepress.com">{{cite web|url=https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/obituaries/robert-bob-elkin-zimmer-93-co-founded-the-mens-wearhouse-94076/|title=Robert "Bob" Elkin Zimmer, 93, Co-Founded The Mens Wearhouse|website=Greenwich Free Press|date=September 7, 2017 }}</ref> In 1973, Robert Elkin Zimmer and his son, George Zimmer, co-founded The Mens Wearhouse in Houston, Texas.<ref></ref><ref name="greenwichfreepress.com"/> George Zimmer and his college roommates opened the first Men's Wearhouse store in 1973 in ].<ref name="menswearhouse.com"/> Beginning in 1986, Zimmer narrated and appeared in many of his company's television commercials, usually closing with the company slogan: "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."<ref name=AD>Anne D'innocenzio, AP/Huffington Post, June 19, 2013.</ref> | |||
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| As of a May 9, 2013, proxy filing, Zimmer owned 1.8 million shares of Men's Wearhouse stock, a stake in the company of approximately 3.5 percent.<ref name=AD /> The day prior to his June 19 firing, Men's Wearhouse stock closed at $37.47, indicating a value of Zimmer's holdings in the company of $67.45 million.<ref name=AD /> The company made $2.48 billion in sales for the ] ending in February 2013.<ref name=AD /> | |||
| <blockquote>... his longtime boardroom colleagues, in his telling, ambushed and fired him two years after he turned over his CEO role to his handpicked successor, Doug Ewert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201606/tom-foster/george-zimmer-mens-wearhouse.html|title=Fired From the Company That Made Him Famous, an Entrepreneur Seeks Payback|first=Tom|last=Foster|date=May 22, 2016|website=Inc.com}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| On June 19, 2013, The Men's Wearhouse board dismissed Zimmer for unspecified reasons<ref name=TS>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/11955102/1/mens-wearhouse-fires-founder-zimmer-shares-fall.html|title=Men's Wearhouse Fires Founder Zimmer, Shares Fall (Update 1)|author=Laurie Kulikowski|work=TheStreet|date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref> and declined to offer any explanation in its press release. The press release stated that terms of Zimmer's severance were still to be discussed with him.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23491569/mens-wearhouse-ousts-founder-george-zimmer |date=June 19, 2013 |title=Men's Wearhouse ousts founder George Zimmer |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref> | |||
| Though the brief press release did not cite reasons for Zimmer's termination, Zimmer himself did shed a little light on the issue to CNBC. "Over the last 40 years, I have built MW into a multibillion-dollar company with amazing employees and loyal customers who value the products and service they receive at MW. Over the past several months I have expressed my concerns to the board about the direction the company is currently heading. Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer."<ref name=AD/> | |||
| On June 25, 2013, the company, responding to public pressure for more information following its terse original statement, released a detailed explanation of its actions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Belton |first=Beth |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/24/mens-wearhouse-zimmer/2454305/ |title=Men's Wearhouse fires back at George Zimmer |date=June 24, 2013 |newspaper=]}}</ref> The statement asserts that Zimmer insisted on full control of the public company. "Neither the board nor management desired a total breakdown of the relationship between Mr. Zimmer and the company. In our discussions with Mr. Zimmer, we made considerable efforts to find a solution that would have allowed him to continue to have a significant involvement with Men's Wearhouse. Unfortunately, Mr. Zimmer wouldn't accept anything other than full control of the company and the board was left with no choice but to terminate him as Executive chairman." | |||
| ===zTailors=== | |||
| Citing the need to "bring the age-old tradition of tailoring into the modern day," Zimmer founded zTailors, "an on-demand personal tailoring service that gives everyone an opportunity to look their best with just a tap of their smartphone,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.generationtux.com/|title=Generation Tux|website=www.generationtux.com}}</ref> launching publicly in June 2015.<ref> (May 31, 2015) '']''</ref> Zimmer is the chairman and CEO of zTailors. | |||
| ===Generation Tux=== | |||
| Stating a belief that "every aspect of this hallmark experience can be drastically improved," Zimmer founded Generation Tux, "the ultimate high tech, ] clothing rental experience for the next generation,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.generationtux.com/our-story/our-founder/|title=GenerationTux.com}}</ref> launching publicly in September 2015.<ref> (September 14, 2015) '']''</ref> Zimmer is the chairman and CEO of Generation Tux. | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Zimmer is married to his wife, Lorri; they have four children and live in ], California.<ref name="Mercury News">{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Patrick |title=Q&A: Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer reinvents himself |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/06/05/qa-mens-wearhouse-founder-george-zimmer-reinvents-himself/ |access-date=November 7, 2019 |work=Mercury News |date=June 5, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Zimmer's style of ] (for example, the company's June 2004 nomination of spiritual guru ] to its board) is peculiar in the view of some, while others perceive his style as cutting edge.<ref name=bweek04 /> | |||
| Zimmer's experience caring for his mother, who died of cancer, led him to support research into the therapeutic use of ],<ref>Zink, Janet. , '']'' May 9, 2005.</ref> and to his efforts to legalize ] (for instance, by making donations equaling $170,500 to support California's ] in 2010).<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoeffel |first=John |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-25-la-me-marijuana-initiative25-2010mar25-story.html |title=Measure to legalize marijuana will be on California's November ballot |date=March 25, 2010 |newspaper=] }}</ref><ref>Wohlsen, Marcus. The Associated Press, October 26, 2010.</ref> | |||
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American businessman
| George Zimmer | |
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| Born | (1948-11-21) November 21, 1948 (age 76) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founder, Men's Wearhouse |
| Spouse | Lorri Zimmer |
| Children | 4 |
George Zimmer (born November 21, 1948) is an American businessman. He is the founder, former executive chairman (1973–2013) and former CEO (1973–2011) of the Men's Wearhouse, a clothing retailer with more than 1,200 stores in the US and Canada, under the brands Moores, Men's Wearhouse and K&G Superstores. After leaving his executive position with the company, he continued as the company's spokesperson, until he was fired in June 2013. Zimmer is now the founder, chairman, and CEO of Generation Tux, an online tuxedo and suit rental platform, and zTailors, a national network of on-demand tailors for men and women.
Early life and education
Zimmer was born to a Jewish family in New York City. He attended primary school in Scarsdale, New York, before studying at Washington University in St. Louis where he was a member of the phi chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu, and where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1970. Upon graduation, he worked as a substitute teacher before joining his father in the clothing manufacturing business. Later in the early 1970s, he worked as a purchasing agent and salesman in Hong Kong and Dallas.
Career
Men's Wearhouse
Robert Elkin Zimmer started his own manufacturing company Royalad Apparel which he later expanded into Zimco Industries. In 1973, Robert Elkin Zimmer and his son, George Zimmer, co-founded The Mens Wearhouse in Houston, Texas. George Zimmer and his college roommates opened the first Men's Wearhouse store in 1973 in Houston. Beginning in 1986, Zimmer narrated and appeared in many of his company's television commercials, usually closing with the company slogan: "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."
As of a May 9, 2013, proxy filing, Zimmer owned 1.8 million shares of Men's Wearhouse stock, a stake in the company of approximately 3.5 percent. The day prior to his June 19 firing, Men's Wearhouse stock closed at $37.47, indicating a value of Zimmer's holdings in the company of $67.45 million. The company made $2.48 billion in sales for the fiscal year ending in February 2013.
... his longtime boardroom colleagues, in his telling, ambushed and fired him two years after he turned over his CEO role to his handpicked successor, Doug Ewert.
On June 19, 2013, The Men's Wearhouse board dismissed Zimmer for unspecified reasons and declined to offer any explanation in its press release. The press release stated that terms of Zimmer's severance were still to be discussed with him.
Though the brief press release did not cite reasons for Zimmer's termination, Zimmer himself did shed a little light on the issue to CNBC. "Over the last 40 years, I have built MW into a multibillion-dollar company with amazing employees and loyal customers who value the products and service they receive at MW. Over the past several months I have expressed my concerns to the board about the direction the company is currently heading. Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer."
On June 25, 2013, the company, responding to public pressure for more information following its terse original statement, released a detailed explanation of its actions. The statement asserts that Zimmer insisted on full control of the public company. "Neither the board nor management desired a total breakdown of the relationship between Mr. Zimmer and the company. In our discussions with Mr. Zimmer, we made considerable efforts to find a solution that would have allowed him to continue to have a significant involvement with Men's Wearhouse. Unfortunately, Mr. Zimmer wouldn't accept anything other than full control of the company and the board was left with no choice but to terminate him as Executive chairman."
zTailors
Citing the need to "bring the age-old tradition of tailoring into the modern day," Zimmer founded zTailors, "an on-demand personal tailoring service that gives everyone an opportunity to look their best with just a tap of their smartphone," launching publicly in June 2015. Zimmer is the chairman and CEO of zTailors.
Generation Tux
Stating a belief that "every aspect of this hallmark experience can be drastically improved," Zimmer founded Generation Tux, "the ultimate high tech, high touch clothing rental experience for the next generation," launching publicly in September 2015. Zimmer is the chairman and CEO of Generation Tux.
Personal life
Zimmer is married to his wife, Lorri; they have four children and live in Oakland, California.
Zimmer's style of corporate management (for example, the company's June 2004 nomination of spiritual guru Deepak Chopra to its board) is peculiar in the view of some, while others perceive his style as cutting edge.
Zimmer's experience caring for his mother, who died of cancer, led him to support research into the therapeutic use of MDMA, and to his efforts to legalize cannabis (for instance, by making donations equaling $170,500 to support California's Proposition 19 in 2010).
References
- ^ "Our Timeline | Men's Wearhouse". www.menswearhouse.com.
- "Men's Wearhouse fires the 'I guarantee it' guy". CNN. June 19, 2013. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- Marcus Wohlsen, Soros Gives $1 Million to Pro-Pot Campaign," AP/JWeekly, October 28, 2010.
- ^ Lee, Louise (November 1, 2004). "Spiffing Up Men's Wearhouse". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "Robert "Bob" Elkin Zimmer, 93, Co-Founded The Mens Wearhouse". Greenwich Free Press. September 7, 2017.
- ^ Anne D'innocenzio, "George Zimmer, Men's Wearhouse Founder And 'You're Going To Like The Way You Look' Guy, Fired." AP/Huffington Post, June 19, 2013.
- Foster, Tom (May 22, 2016). "Fired From the Company That Made Him Famous, an Entrepreneur Seeks Payback". Inc.com.
- Laurie Kulikowski (June 19, 2013). "Men's Wearhouse Fires Founder Zimmer, Shares Fall (Update 1)". TheStreet.
- "Men's Wearhouse ousts founder George Zimmer". San Jose Mercury News. June 19, 2013.
- Belton, Beth (June 24, 2013). "Men's Wearhouse fires back at George Zimmer". USA Today.
- "Generation Tux". www.generationtux.com.
- Gelles, David. "George Zimmer Starts an 'Uber' for Tailors" (May 31, 2015) New York Times
- "GenerationTux.com".
- Segran, Elizabeth. "George Zimmer Launches Online Tux-Rental Service Generation Tux" (September 14, 2015) Fast Company
- May, Patrick (June 5, 2015). "Q&A: Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer reinvents himself". Mercury News. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- Zink, Janet. "Party pill gets tryout in therapy", St. Petersburg Times May 9, 2005.
- Hoeffel, John (March 25, 2010). "Measure to legalize marijuana will be on California's November ballot". Los Angeles Times.
- Wohlsen, Marcus. "Soros gives $1M to Calif. pot legalization measure." The Associated Press, October 26, 2010.