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Article: Boss, man: underneath the showbiz front beats the heart of an MBA with style. (Hugo Boss Fashions USA CEO Eric Silverman)
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- Daily News Record
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- July 18, 1994
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NEW YORK -- From the moment Eric Silverman strides across the Hugo Boss showroom to meet his interviewer -- to the way he sprawls comfortably into a black, stainless Italian chair -- it's obvious that the youthful executive has a style that will be written all over Hugo Boss Fashions USA.
He's the new boss of the American operation of Hugo Boss AG, Germany, and was handpicked by Peter Littmann, president and CEO of the parent. Ever since Littmann took over the top spot at Boss last year, he's been pressing the buttons to bring the global men's apparel company into the '90s and beyond.
And his choice of Silverman to head up the recently lackluster ...