Background
Max was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint St. Petersburg), in 1954.
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Leon Max
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Fashion Institute of Technology.
Career
He then sought political asylum to Vienna on his way to Israel. He later enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1986, at which time he legally changed his name to Leon Max.
He worked as a personal trainer in New New York
He then worked for the New York fashion house Tahari, and then Los Angeles-based Bis, a women's sportswear firm. He founded Max Studio in 1979.
An upmarket fashion chain, Max Studio sells through department stores. lieutenant also has 46 of its own retail stores in the United States. and another 50 in the Far East.
In July 2012, he received an honorary degree from the University of Northampton.
