Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 12, 1999

Martin Fox – Initio Inc (into)

MARTIN FOX graduated New York University, School of Commerce Accounts and Finance in 1958 and Columbia Law School in 1961, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review. Mr. Fox clerked for Judge Smith on the Second Circuit Federal Court of Appeals for one year. Thereafter, Mr. Fox practiced law for ten years and joined Initio in 1972, shortly after which he became Co-Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fox is an ardent investor and skier. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of the company and a little bit of its

history just to set the stage.

Mr. Fox: Initio owns 100% of Deerskin Trading Post, Inc., which has

been in the retail