Rex Solomon a fifth generation Texan, was born in March of 1966, and raised in Houston, attending Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Ma. He is a grandson of notable Harvard psychiatrist Philip Solomon, and the step grandson of his second wife, United States. Senator Maurine Brown Neuberger, nephew of music critic/writer Linda Solomon and brother of filmmaker Keith Solomon.
A 1988 graduate of Brandeis University, also studied at Tufts University and Harvard University.
While at Brandeis was the founding president of the Barrister News, an independent weekly paper serving the university. Mr. Solomon attended the University of Houston Law School in the fall of 1989, where he founded The List, the first national directory, of a cappella groups, and an arrangement exchange which combined with Deke Sharon"s Contemporary A Cappella Society, where he served as the publisher/printer for the initial year of operation. Mr. Solomon was briefly mentioned in "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A CAPPELLA Glory" by Mickey Rapkin.
After a year of law school, in 1990 Mr.
Solomon became active in his Houston-based family jewelry store, Houston Jewelry, where since 2005 he has served as President. Mr. Solomon is the Treasurer of the Texas Jewelers Association, and the Texas Retailers Association was a guest editor of Modern Jeweler Magazine, and a featured speaker at the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show.
Mr. Solomon serves on the National Advisory Board of the Main Street Growth & Opportunity Coalition.
Mr. Solomon is a frequent contributor on Kevin Price"s Show The Price of Business Radio on KTEK and the BizTv Network.
He was a founding member of the first fraternity at Brandeis University, the Lambda Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. Mr. Solomon was a member of the Varsity Sailing Team.
