THE FOUNDER?

MAURICE MARCIANO

• Founder Maurice Marciano, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, has overseen the company's design direction and has led its unwavering and extraordinary expansion since 1982.
• He is truly the driving force behind the company's spirit and commitment to superior quality.
• Guided the company's growth to a net revenue of about $636.6 million for 2003.
• Concentrates on product development and coordinating the design department.
• In charge of quality control, from raw materials to the final product. Each category of merchandise reflects the same unique aesthetic that is the core of the GUESS? design philosophy. GUESS? was created to enhance the casual, yet diverse lifestyles of its customers.
• In charge of quality control, from raw materials to the final product. Each category of merchandise reflects the same unique aesthetic that is the core of the GUESS? design philosophy. GUESS? was created to enhance the casual, yet diverse lifestyles of its customers.




PAUL MARCIANO


• Founder Paul Marciano, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, is credited with the vision that is the cornerstone of the GUESS? image - one that has created some of the most innovative and groundbreaking pictures in the history of advertising..
•  Paul is a visionary person, shaped the direction and the look of GUESS? advertising from its inception.
• He has created images that invite a voyeuristic and emotional response in the eyes of their viewers.
• Supported by bold, sensuous and captivating advertising images, GUESS? has received the industry's highest honors, including the Clio and Designers and Art Directors awards, assuring its place in American popular culture.
• December 3, 2004, GUESS? had 21 domestic and International licensees and distribution in major cities throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Paul Marciano is also the driving force behind the success of the worldwide retail store and factory store expansion.

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