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Sonny Gindi
Samuel "Sonny" Gindi (1924–2012) was the co-founder of the Century 21 department store.
==Biography==
Gindi was born to a Syrian,〔(The Real Deal: "Clans with plans" By Adam Pincus ) February 01, 2011〕〔(Wall Street Journal: "A Community, Shaken – A wealthy, insular Syrian Jewish enclave in Brooklyn reels after rabbis' arrests" By Lucette Lagnado ) October 3, 2009〕 Sephardic Jewish family.〔(Jewish Voice New York: "Sonny Gindi, Founder of Century 21 Department Store, Dies at 88" By Fern Sidman ) June 20, 2012〕〔(Elie Sutton Sephardic History: "Alien at Home" by Elie Sutton ) retrieved March 23, 2014〕 His father died when he was nine.〔 At the age of 14, he opened his first retail store and in the 1950s, he opened a children's clothing store.〔 In 1959, leveraging his retail experience, he partnered with Alfred Sutton and Morris Sutton,〔(PRN Newswire: "Changes In Children's Wear Industry Leads Apparel Company To Reinvent Itself – After 48 years of success, Lollytogs, Ltd. has a new corporate identity reflecting their innovations in business" ) January 8, 2007〕 he opened the ''Lolly Togs'' children's wear business which was the first importer to do business with Hong Kong.〔 ''Lolly Togs'' changed its name to the ''LT Apparel Group''〔(Bloomberg: "Company Overview of LT Apparel Group" ) March 20,2015〕 in 2007.〔 In 1961, he partnered with fellow Sephardic community member and cousin Al Gindi and opened the Century 21 department store〔〔(Philly.com: "Century 21: Expanding beyond its retail comfort zone" By Chris Hepp ) April 30, 2014〕 on Courtland Street in Manhattan.〔(CNBC: "Every day is Black Friday at Century 21" ) 29 Nov 2013〕 At the time of his death, Century 21 had expanded throughout the New York metropolitan area with locations in Westbury, New York, Rego Park, Queens, the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Morristown, New Jersey, Paramus, New Jersey, and on Fulton Street in Brooklyn.〔 Al Gindi's son, Raymond Gindi, serves as Century 21's Chief Operating officer〔(Philadelphia Inquirer: "Will buyers flock to Philadelphia's Century 21?" By Elizabeth Wellington ) April 30, 2014〕〔(Family Business Magazine: "Family-owned Century 21 retailer coming to Philadelphia" ) April 30, 2014〕 while Sonny Gindi's son, Isaac Gindi serves as its Chief Executive Officer〔(Philadelphia Inquirer: "Store owner pledges to 'alter the retail landscape' in Center City" By Chris Hepp ) June 12, 2014〕 and his son Eddie Gindi, its Executive Vice President.〔(Phialdelphia Inquirer: "Mirror, Mirror: Century 21, discount delight" By Elizabeth Wellington ) October 16, 2014〕〔(Philadelphia Business Journal: "Inside the Reporter's Notebook: Eddie Gindi of Century 21 interviewed by Natalie Kostelni" ) October 2, 2014〕
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