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Dov Charney

Dov Charney, self-portrait
Born Dov Charney
January 31, 1969
Montreal, Canada
Occupation President and CEO of American Apparel Inc.

Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal, Canada) is the founder and CEO of American Apparel (AA), a clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer. Charney is known for his success as an entrepreneur, and passion for simple clothing.[1][2][3] His "contrarian" leadership style; which he feels promotes creativity, has drawn extensive praise and criticism.[1][4][5] Charney has earned recognition in the media for management decisions to pay a fair wage and refusing to outsource manufacturing, while still running a profitable business.[6][7] The Los Angeles Times named him as one of the Top 100 powerful people in Southern California and in 2009, he was nominated as a Time 100 finalist by Time Magazine.[8][9]

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[edit] Early life

Charney's father, Morris Charney, is an architect, and his mother, Sylvia Safdie, an artist.[10] Both of his parents are of Jewish descent.[11][12] He is the nephew of noted architect Moshe Safdie.[13] Charney attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut[14] and St. George's School of Montreal.[15] Charney grew up with, and was influenced heavily by, the culture of Montreal.[16] As a teenager, he "fell in love" with the United States due to its sharp contrast between Canadian culture and American culture.[17] As a teenager, Charney was an admirer of American-made products.[18] As a teen, he became disillusioned with Quebec nationalism which was widespread during the 1980s. [19] In interviews, he has stated that he considers himself to be a continuation of the trend of Canadian-Jewish entrepreneurs. [20]

At an early age Charney showed signs of an entrepreneurial and independent spirit. In 1980 The Canadian Jewish News published a story on Charney with a headline that read "11-Year-Old Schoolboy Edits His Own Newspaper."[21] As a child Dov was featured in the documentary 20th Century Chocolate Cake discussing the economics of a summer camp he attended.[22][23]

[edit] Entrepreneur

Charney's ventures were conceived in high school, when he began importing Hanes and Fruit of the Loom T-shirts across the border to Canadian friends. [24] At Choate, he claims to have shipped as many as 10,000 shirts at a time, using a rented U-Haul truck to transport the goods.[25]

In 1987, he enrolled at Tufts University. While at Tufts, he continued to operate his business, but dropped out by 1990 to pursue business full time.[26] He is listed as a graduate, although he borrowed $10,000 from his father and moved to South Carolina to transition from importing T-shirts to manufacturing them.[27] In 1996, Charney's company restructured when it was unable to cover its debt and filed for Chapter 11.[14][28] On July 4, 1997, he went to Los Angeles.[29] By 2003, Charney had opened his first retail store and employed over 1,300 people.[30]

In 2004, he was named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and Apparel Magazine's Man of the Year.[31]

[edit] American Apparel

Main article: American Apparel

[edit] Building the brand

In 1991, Charney began making basic T-shirts under the American Apparel brand. The initial T-shirts were made of simple 18-single jersey and were positioned to compete with the Hanes Beefy-T[citation needed]. The primary market objective was to sell garments to screen printers and wholesale clothiers in the United States and Canada.[32] In 1997, as his design the 'Classic Girl' built momentum, Charney transitioned manufacturing to Los Angeles. In 2000, American Apparel moved into its current 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2). factory located in downtown Los Angeles. [33]

[edit] Role as Manufacturer/Retailer/CEO

Charney is officially founder/ceo of American Apparel, but goes by the title of "Senior Partner."[11][34] He infused his personal progressive politics into the company brand paying factory workers between $13-18USD/hr, offering low-cost, full-family healthcare for employees and taking a company position on immigration reform.[35][36][37] Workers are also allowed free international phone calls during work hours.[35] He claims to do this not for moral reasons but because it is a better business strategy.[38][39] He makes all product development and creative hiring decisions himself.[40]

Under Charney, American Apparel instituted "team manufacturing" which pools the strongest workers towards priority orders.[41] After its implementation, garment production tripled and required a less than 20% staff increase.[41] He formed the company as a domestic vertically-integrated manufacturer[42] making him the largest manufacturer still producing garments in America.[43]

Initially American Apparel was a wholesale brand but in 2003 it expanded into the retail market. Its first stores were in Montreal, New York City and Los Angeles.[35][44] Retail operations have grown to include 260 retail stores. In 2008, he was named Retailer of the Year.[45][46][47]

[edit] Fashion

Charney is known for his passion for clothing.[48] His fashion sense is geared towards "young metropolitan adults."[49] The 'fit' of a shirt is something he often stresses. [50] He was named Man of the Year by both the Fashion Industry Guild and Apparel Magazine for his design work.[51]

In 2008, The Guardian named American Apparel "Label of the Year".[52]

[edit] Advertising and brand management

Charney is directly involved in his company's design, branding, and advertising. His print campaigns are widely considered to be some of the best in the industry. [53] Charney has promoted a branding strategy that spotlighted his treatment of workers as a selling point for the company's merchandise, promoting American Apparel's goods as "sweatshop free." A banner on top of the downtown factory states "American Apparel is an Industrial Revolution."[54] The company is also known for its simple and provocative ads featuring girls and employees. The subjects are rarely models and often chosen personally by Charney from local hangouts and stores.[55] He shoots many of the advertisements himself.[56] His sexually charged advertising has been criticized and also lauded for honesty and lack of airbrushing.[57][58] In 2005, Charney won the "Marketing Excellence Award" in the LA Fashion Awards.[59]

[edit] Annie Hall Billboard Lawsuit

In May 2007, American Apparel posted two billboards (in New York and Los Angeles) featuring a still image of Actor Woody Allen from his 1977 movie Annie Hall[60]. They were removed at Allen's request within a week; he subsequently sued American Apparel on various grounds (including rights to privacy, and property rights)[61].

According to Charney, the billboard, which featured a photo of Actor Allen as an Orthodox rabbi and "cheeky" Yiddish text ("The High Rabbi"), was a commentary on the tabloid coverage he received during a sexual harassment lawsuit in which he was presumed guilty[by whom?], but which remains unresolved.[62] In an article published in The Guardian he wrote:

There are no words to express the frustration caused by these gross misperceptions, but this billboard was an attempt to at least make a joke about it.[63]

American Apparel's insurance company settled the case for U.S. $5 million (half of what Mr. Allen was seeking in damages)[64] on the eve of trial. Charney insisted that settlement was not his decision and expressed regret at being unable to defend in court what he believed to be speech protected by the First Amendment.[63]

[edit] Company IPO and sale

In December 2006, Charney entered into an agreement to sell American Apparel for $360 million to the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Endeavor Acquisition as a way of taking the company public.[65] As a result of the agreement, Charney was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the publicly traded company known as American Apparel, Inc. He remained the majority shareholder, and all full-time employees of American Apparel were promised up to 500 shares of stock depending on length of employment.[66]

[edit] Controversy

Charney has been the subject of several sexual harassment lawsuits, none of which were proven.[67][68] The company and others have publicly accused a lawyer representing a majority of the suits against American Apparel of extortion and of "shaking the company down."[69][70] On the eve of trial in one case, the plaintiff confessed that she had not been subjected to sexual harassment and agreed to go to an arbitration hearing aimed at clearing Dov Charney's name. However, the plaintiff failed to show up to the hearing and a ruling was unable to be reached. As a result, the settlement was dissolved and the matter reemerged as a negative media controversy for Charney.[71][72][73]

In 2004, Claudine Ko of Jane magazine[74] published a controversial essay narrating multiple sexual exchanges that occurred while spending time with Charney.[75][76] The article's publication brought extensive press to the company and Charney, who later responded that he believed that the acts had been done consensually, in private and outside the article's bounds.[77][78][79][80]/

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  66. ^ v=daXqFrLcQ9k&feature=channel_page Company video "2008 American Apparel distributed 12.5 million in shares to over 2000 employees, officially making Dov's dream a reality. "
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  68. ^ Judge Dismisses Sexual Harassment Lawsuit against American Apparel; No Further Legal Action in the Case Will Be Allowed; Plaintiff Receives No Money.
  69. ^ NAKED SHAKEDOWN: DOV CHARNEY IS THE VICTIM! HollywoodInterrupted.com Dec. 2008
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  71. ^ Heller, Matthew (2008-10-28). "Fashion Mogul 'Fakes' Arbitration in Harassment Case". On Point. http://www.onpointnews.com/081028.asp. Retrieved on 2008-11-21. ""The 'confidential arbitration' was in fact a charade. One of Nelson's attorneys, the 2nd District said, later described it as 'a 'fake arbitration' designed to produce a press release calculated to blunt negative media attention.' "" 
  72. ^ Slater, Dan (2008-11-04). "The Story Behind American Apparel's Sham Arbitration". Wall Street Journal. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/11/04/the-story-behind-american-apparels-sham-arbitration/. Retrieved on 2008-11-05. ""The court went on to say that 'the proposed press release is materially misleading — among other things, no real arbitration of a dispute occurred and [the] plaintiff received $1.3 million in compensation.'"" 
  73. ^ Stein, Sadie (2008-10-31). "Tangled Webs: Dov Charney's Court Case is Totally Complicated". Jezebel. http://jezebel.com/5071232/dov-charneys-court-case-is-totally-complicated. Retrieved on 2008-11-04. ""In response, Ms. Nelson's lawyer, Mr. Fink, devised a settlement agreement whereby his client would agree to certain stipulations amounting to a confession that her charges of sexual harassment were bogus, and that she had never been subject to any harassment or a hostile work environment."" 
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  77. ^ "The company calls it "a social situation which...unfortunately was exploited in order to sell magazines." American Apparel CEO Trial Starts Today CNBC. Margaret Brennan. Feb 28.
  78. ^ "I've never done anything sexual that wasn't consensual," Charney says. The reporter, Claudine Ko, confirmed his take on events to BusinessWeek." quoted from Business Week article Living on the Edge at American Apparel
  79. ^ "Within the context of a flirtatious conversation about sexuality and the pleasure Charney derives from masturbation with a willing partner, he decided to demonstrate for Ko, and it became a repeated motif in their later encounters. The article left a lasting impression of him as a boss who can't keep it in his pants." The New York Times pg 6 of "And You Thought Abercrombie and Fitch Was Pushing It"
  80. ^ ""I was a younger man," he says, wearily. "The lines were blurred between paramour and reporter." The reporter has said that her tape recorder or notebook was in full view at all times and that the relationship was professional." Portfolio profile of Charney

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