Sy Syms

Sy Syms
At the second Annual Sy Syms School of Business, May 1, 2008
Born
Seymour Merinsky

(1926-05-12)May 12, 1926
Brooklyn, New York City, US
DiedNovember 17, 2009(2009-11-17) (aged 83)
Manhattan, New York City, US
EducationNew York University
SpouseRuth Glickman Merns (divorced) Lynn Tamarkin
Children6 and 2 stepchildren

Sy Syms (May 12, 1926 – November 17, 2009) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS off-price clothing chain in New York City in 1959.