Thanks for the Memories Tom!!
16.09.2009
Last week, i headed to Tokyo for the official opening of the JMC (Jim Merchandising Center) and the surprise retirement celebration of Tom Sumeragi. It was definitely an affair with 400 of us dressed in custom Nike Yukatas! Thanks for the memories and a lifetime of support – To quote Phil Knight…
We were thrown out of two banks in Oregon, and at that time Oregon had
only two banks. One of them advised, “You are so far overdrawn in so
many accounts, we have notified the FBI.”
Nissho Iwai, the sixth-largest Japanese trading company, picked us up
off the side of the road. It was a better arrangement. Tom Sumeragi, who
became a friend, was assigned to our account. If we couldn’t pay, he
left the invoices buried in his drawer. When I asked why he did that, he
said, “Because I personally believe you will someday do $10 million in
sales.”
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