Chairman, President and Spokesman of Remington Products
Known for
Ownership of the New England Patriots
Spouse
Ellen Lipscher (m. 1956–2001)
Children
Lisa Lyons Durkin Victor Kiam III Robin Kiam Aviv
Parent(s)
Nanon Kiam Victor Kermit Kiam
Family
Jonathan E. Aviv (son-in-law)
Victor Kermit Kiam II (December 7, 1926 – May 27, 2001) 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.
^Blair, Jayson (May 29, 2001). "Victor Kiam, 74, Entrepreneur Who 'Bought the Company'". The New York Times.
Victor Kermit Kiam II (December 7, 1926 – May 27, 2001) was an American entrepreneur and TV spokesman for Remington Products, and the owner of the New...
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Precise Capital. Orthwein purchased the New England Patriots from VictorKiam in 1992, when Kiam was facing bankruptcy and owed him millions. The purchase price...
(about 14%) of potential customers at the time. The company was sold to VictorKiam, later of Remington Razors, in 1967. Over the next ten years, the company...
ownership several times, being purchased from the Sullivan family first by VictorKiam in 1988, who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992. Though Orthwein's...
During the ownership of VictorKiam, ESPN anchor Chris Berman humorously referred to the facility as "Shaver Stadium", a pun on Kiam's fame from Remington...
In 1994, VictorKiam sold controlling interest of Remington Products to Isaac Perlmutter. Perlmutter became Vice President of Remington. Kiam and Perlmutter...
bidding to VictorKiam. Sullivan and Kiam then tried to move the team to Jacksonville, but Kraft refused to let them break the lease. Kiam was nearly...
New York Jets. It was the last season where the Patriots were owned by VictorKiam, who was forced to sell the team to St. Louis businessman James Orthwein...
but the team had its third owner in the last five seasons. Businessman VictorKiam, who had purchased the team from its founders, the Sullivan family, in...
that the reason Matador acquired True Panther Sounds was simply, "As VictorKiam once explained his decision to purchase the Remington Shaver operation...
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Ginetta G40 was launched. In late 2007, in what he later described as his VictorKiam moment, Leeds-based businessman Lawrence Tomlinson bought Ginetta Cars...
was demoted to fourth-string on New England's roster with team owner VictorKiam stating that he thought Eason would be the starter with the $2.3-million...
Olson complained, describing the experience as a "mind rape", team owner VictorKiam allegedly described her as a "classic bitch." (He later apologized in...
controlling interest in the company from former New England Patriots owner VictorKiam. Cuneo was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Remington....
Patriots finished the 1989 season 5–11. New Patriots majority owner VictorKiam demanded Berry relinquish control over personnel and reorganize his staff;...
of the DNC and of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles VictorKiam, owner of the New England Patriots and entrepreneur Walker Evans, photojournalist...
Since then it has changed hands several times. Owners have included VictorKiam and Dean Kamen, developer of the Segway PT people-mover. Kamen worked...
of Manhattan Industries from 1965 to 1974, when he left to work with VictorKiam at Remington. Larry Leeds, the president and chairman of the company...
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