Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger

Bryant Caballero, contributor

Tommy Hilfiger is an american fashion designer and entrepreneur.  Tommy’s real name is Thomas Jacob Hilfiger and he was born on March 24, 1951 in Elmira , New York State. In his early days he worked at a clothing store until 1971 when he opened his own store. Hilfiger opened his store in Elmira and called it People’s Place. At the start he would sell leather jackets and bell bottom pants. later Hilfiger didn’t like the designs the clothes had so he started making his own designs and the success he got form that he opened more stores. When Hilfiger was 25 business went down and his stores went bankrupt. After his failure he moved to New York were he spent time learning how to run a successful business. In 1985 he founded Tommy Hilfiger corporation . Then in 1996 Tommy Hilfiger started sell clothes for women. By the end of 2004 his company revenue was approximately 1.8 billion and had 5400 employees.

 

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