- John Peterman
John Peterman is a well-known
catalogue andretail entrepreneur from Lexington,Kentucky , who operatesThe J. Peterman Company .Peterman graduated from the
College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and played third base on a Holy Cross baseball team that went to the College World Series. He also playedbaseball for thePittsburgh Pirates organization for three years as a second baseman.He was parodied in the 1990s on "
Seinfeld ", and his name became a household word as it was regularly seen by over 60 million television viewers.The J. Peterman Company had sales of over $75 million at its peak. However, after opening several retail stores, it filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 1999, and the brand name was sold to the Paul Harris Company.Later, when the Paul Harris Company went out of business, Peterman was able to purchase the rights to his own name as a brand, with funding help from
John O'Hurley , the actor who portrayed J. Peterman on "Seinfeld" [http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20030606a1.asp] . With the help of a core group from the original company (creative director, William McCullam, marketing director Jonathan Dunavant, merchant Paula Collins and director of manufacturing Kyle Foster), The J. Peterman Company was relaunched.John Peterman wrote a book about the company's trials, "Seinfeld" influence, and more called "Peterman Rides Again" (ISBN 0-7352-0199-4).
Peterman is the father-in-law to actor Steve Zahn.
See also
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Jacopo Peterman , the "Seinfeld" characterExternal links
* [http://www.jpeterman.com/ The J Peterman Company]
* [http://www.petermanseye.com/ Peterman's Eye - A daily brief for curious minds]
* [http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/spring01/features/spr01_fea61.html The Return of J. Peterman] An article about a talk J. Peterman gave at his "alma mater ", TheCollege of the Holy Cross
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