Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 1, 2003

Paul Toms Jr. – Hooker Furniture Corporation (hoft)

PAUL B. TOMS JR. has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hooker Furniture Corporation since December 2000. Mr. Toms was President and Chief Operating Officer from December 1999 to December 2000, Executive Vice President - Marketing from 1994 to December 1999, Senior Vice President -Sales and Marketing from 1993 to 1994, and Vice President - Sales from 1987 to 1993. Mr. Toms joined the company in 1983 and has been a Director since 1993. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a BS in Business. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Hooker

Furniture Corporation and an overview of the things you're doing

at the present time?

Mr. Toms: Hooker Furniture is a 79-year-old