Suzi Weiss-Fischmann (born 1956[1]) is a Hungarian-American businessperson. She is the co-founder of OPI Products (Odontorium Products Inc.) with her brother-in-law George Schaeffer. Weiss-Fischmann is a second-generation Holocaust survivor born in Hungary and the author of the book I'm Not Really a Waitress.[2][3] The name of her book refers to one of Weiss-Fischmann's most well known nail colors. The color, which Weiss-Fischmann named, was inducted into Allure's Beauty Hall of Fame in 2011 and won the Best Nail Polish award nine times.[4][5]
Biography
Weiss-Fischmann grew up in communist Hungary and came to the United States as a teenager.[6] She first lived in New York before moving to Southern California in the 1980s.[7]
In California, she started working for her brother-in-law who had purchased a dental supply company, Odontorium Products Inc. in 1981.[7][8] Weiss-Fischmann started working in sales for the company.[8] In 1987, Weiss-Fischmann felt that there were not enough color choices for nails on the market.[7] She is known as the "First Lady of Nails" after creating the OPI nail lacquers starting in 1989.[9] OPI was sold to Coty, Inc. in 2010 for close to $1 billion.[4]
Weiss-Fischmann was named to Jewish Women International's board of trustees in 2012.[10]
External links
Further reading
- "Meet the Hungarian Jewish woman behind the world’s largest luxury nail brand" by Alex Gabinski, Jewish News (Aug 29, 2019)
- "Suzi Weiss Fischmann Sees Tie-Dyed Nails in Our Future" by Jane Larkworthy, New York Magazine (April 19, 2019)
- "Local Color" by Kate M. Jackson, Boston Globe (Aug 4, 2005)
References
- Mala Blomquist. Suzi Weiss-Fischmann: First Lady of Nails Arizona Jewish Life, Jan 13, 2020, retrieved 2021-01-31^
- This Jewish Mom Is the Mastermind Behind OPI Nail Polish Times of Israel, 2019-04-23, retrieved 2020-03-09^
- Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. I'm Not Really a Waitress Basic Books, 2018-07-03^
- Debbi Kickham. Suzi Weiss-Fischmann: My First Big Travel Splurge Forbes, retrieved 2020-03-01^
- Tough As Nails: OPI Co-Founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann FOX News Radio, 2019-09-18, retrieved 2020-03-01^
- OPI's Suzi Weiss-Fischmann shares life lessons Fashion Network, March 1, 2020^
- Curt Schleier. OPI Co-Founder Suzi Weiss-Fischmann Added Glamour To Nail Care Business Investors Business Daily, 5 April 2019, retrieved 13 March 2020^
- Jane Larkworthy. Welcome to the Pun House W Magazine, June 2011^
- Jane Larkworthy. The Founder of OPI Sees Tie-Dyed Nails in Our Future The Cut, 2019-04-19, retrieved 2020-03-01^
- Five Outstanding Women Join Board of Trustees Jewish Woman Magazine, 2012^