The story
Perry Ellis International was founded by George Feldenkreis, who was born in Havana, Cuba, to Russian parents. After moving to Miami in 1961, he founded Supreme International. Throughout the 1970's Supreme began selling through retailers J.C. Penney and Sears and established an international presence. In 1979 Feldenkreis's son, Oscar Feldenkreis, joined as vice president and a board director. In 1993, Supreme International went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol SUPI. In the previous year, SUPI recorded $33M in revenues. In 1999, Supreme International acquired Perry Ellis and changed its parent company name to Perry Ellis International with the stock ticker PERY.
Throughout the 2000s, Perry acquired numerous brands and several major Golf brands. Perry now has several major dot com Golf brands and is the licensee for the PGA Tour.
In 2012, the company entered into a collaboration with the New York–based label Duckie Brown to create a menswear line titled Perry Ellis by Duckie Brown.
In 2016, Oscar Feldenkreis became CEO and President. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Perry launched Perry Health with First Responders Children's Foundation,
In 2022 Perry Ellis executive held a panel at the Miami Retail Summit with AI expert Blake Van Leer to discuss innovating online initiatives. Later that year the brand partnered with delivery apps to increase speed, convenience and security for their customers.
From Wikipedia’s article on Perry Ellis International, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6