Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 10, 2005

Charles Lesser – True Religion Apparel Inc (trlg)

CHARLES A. LESSER has been Chief Financial Officer of True Religion Apparel, Inc., since September 2003. Mr. Lesser was Interim President and Chief Financial Officer of Alpha Virtual, Inc. (now known as Veridicom International 'VRDI'), a software and technology company. From 1997 to 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer of CBCom, Inc., an Internet company. Previously, Mr. Lesser was Chief Financial Officer of Weider Sporting Goods, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of health and fitness products. He holds an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and a BA in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief history and an overview of True

Religion Apparel?

Mr. Lesser: True Religion Apparel, Inc., came into being through a

merger with a public shell company in