Fred Meyers (businessman)
Fred Meyers | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Master of Business Administration |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Queensboro Shirt Company (founder) |
Fred Meyers is an American business executive.[1] He is the founder and the current president of the Queensboro Shirt Company.[2][3][4]
Biography[edit]
Born in the United States, Meyers was educated at Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut.[5] Later, he attended Columbia University, where he received a BA in history and subsequently an MBA in 1983.[5]
As a college student, Meyers founded the Queensboro Shirt Company in 1982 in New York.[6][7][8]
In 1995, Meyers relocated his company's headquarters from New York to Wilmington, North Carolina.[9][10] There, he established his company's operations in a renovated 100,000-square-foot building on 13th Street, which dated back to the 1950s.[1]
In August 2010, his company received an order for 9,000 embroidered shirts and hats from Chief John Nwodo in Enugu, Nigeria, in preparation for the city's 100th-anniversary celebration.[11]
In the same year, Meyers introduced Zap Tee, an iPhone application that allows users to select or upload images for shirt printing on Queensboro's platform.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Fred Meyers WilmingtonBiz 100 Innovator".
- ^ Norton, Deb. "Unemployment diaries: Kindness seeps out even in tough times". Wilmington Star-News.
- ^ "UNCW Center for Entrepreneurship launches Web site". WilmingtonBiz.
- ^ "Businesses may be pressed to retain top workers". The Berkshire Eagle. May 2, 2010.
- ^ a b "Fred Meyers".
- ^ Cherkassky, Irene (May 24, 2006). "The Queensboro Shirt Company's Fred Meyers on E-mail Marketing".
- ^ O' Neal, Christina Haley (2021-02-05). "Safety Net: How The PPP Is Affecting Some Businesse". Wilmington Biz. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ Lallo, Ed (2014-11-06). "New GSI Online Store for Logo Labeled Apparel". Gulf Seafood News. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ "Choose Cape Fear by Greater Wilmington Business Journal / WILMA magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Relocated And Flourishing by Choose Cape Fear". WilmingtonBiz.
- ^ "In a slow year, Queensboro's prince comes from Nigeria". WilmingtonBiz.
- ^ "Queensboro ready to 'revolutionize the way people think about t-shirts'". WilmingtonBiz.