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Podcast: Wheels, Deals and Meals
Episode: S3: EP20 Robert Sakowitz - Fashion Business
Description: Join us for a truly special episode as we welcome Robert Sakowitz, the man who led the legendary Sakowitz high-fashion specialty store and now heads the Hazak Corp. as a global business consultant.Robert shares the incredible four-generation history of his family's business, which began in 1902 when his great-grandfather, an immigrant peddler, settled in Galveston. After the 1915 hurricane, the family moved the business to Houston, where it flourished alongside the city.The store's destiny was cemented in 1929 when banker Jesse Jones offered the Sakowitz brothers the first five floors of his new skyscraper. This favorable...