Victor Kiam
Victor Kermit Kiam II was an American entrepreneur and TV spokesman for Remington Products, and the owner of the New England Patriots football team from 1988–1991. He was well known for his turnaround of Remington's fortunes, as well as for his commercials written by his director of advertising and sales promotion at Benrus, Howard Shavelson, with whom he first worked on the Playtex Cross Your Heart Bra commercials.
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- Born in
- New Orleans
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityYale UniversityHarvard Business SchoolUniversity of ParisPhillips Academy
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1926
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Birth2001
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