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Hungarian-American businessperson
Suzi Weiss-Fischmann
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Hungary
Occupation(s)Company Founder, cosmetics businesswoman

Suzi Weiss-Fischmann (born 1956) is a Hungarian-American businessperson. She is the co-founder of OPI Products (Odontorium Products Inc.) with her brother-in-law George Schaeffer. Weiss-Fischmann is a second-generation Holocaust survivor born in Hungary and the author of the book I'm Not Really a Waitress. The name of her book refers to one of Weiss-Fischmann's most well known nail colors. The color, which Weiss-Fischmann named, was inducted into Allure's Beauty Hall of Fame in 2011 and won the Best Nail Polish award nine times.

Biography

Weiss-Fischmann grew up in communist Hungary and came to the United States as a teenager. She first lived in New York before moving to Southern California in the 1980s.

In California, she started working for her brother-in-law who had purchased a dental supply company, Odontorium Products Inc. in 1981. Weiss-Fischmann started working in sales for the company. In 1987, Weiss-Fischmann felt that there were not enough color choices for nails on the market. She is known as the "First Lady of Nails" after creating the OPI nail lacquers starting in 1989. OPI was sold to Coty, Inc. in 2010 for close to $1 billion.

Weiss-Fischmann was named to Jewish Women International's board of trustees in 2012.

References

  1. Blomquist, Mala (Jan 13, 2020). "Suzi Weiss-Fischmann: First Lady of Nails". Arizona Jewish Life. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. "This Jewish Mom Is the Mastermind Behind OPI Nail Polish". Times of Israel. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. Weiss-Fischmann, Suzi (2018-07-03). I'm Not Really a Waitress. Basic Books. ISBN 9781580058193.
  4. ^ Kickham, Debbi. "Suzi Weiss-Fischmann: My First Big Travel Splurge". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  5. "Tough As Nails: OPI Co-Founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann". FOX News Radio. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  6. "OPI's Suzi Weiss-Fischmann shares life lessons". Fashion Network. Reuters. March 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Schleier, Curt (5 April 2019). "OPI Co-Founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann Added Glamour To Nail Care Business". Investors Business Daily. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via EBSCOhost.
  8. ^ Larkworthy, Jane (June 2011). "Welcome to the Pun House". W Magazine. 45 (6): 74 – via EBSCOhost.
  9. Larkworthy, Jane (2019-04-19). "The Founder of OPI Sees Tie-Dyed Nails in Our Future". The Cut. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  10. "Five Outstanding Women Join Board of Trustees". Jewish Woman Magazine. 15 (2): 43. 2012 – via EBSCOhost.

External links

Suzi Weiss-Fischmann on Twitter

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