Draft:Fred Meyers
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Fred Meyers | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Staples High School Columbia University |
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 as a hobby.[1]
In 1995, Meyers relocated his company's headquarters from New York to Wilmington, North Carolina.[6][7] 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 2010, Meyers introduced Zap Tee, an iPhone application that allows users to select or upload images for shirt printing on Queensboro's platform.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "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".
- ^ "Choose Cape Fear by Greater Wilmington Business Journal / WILMA magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Relocated And Flourishing by Choose Cape Fear". WilmingtonBiz.
- ^ "Queensboro ready to 'revolutionize the way people think about t-shirts'". WilmingtonBiz.