Background
Berrie, Russell was born on March 18, 1933 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Naomi (Edleman) Berrie.
Sales executive business owner
Berrie, Russell was born on March 18, 1933 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Naomi (Edleman) Berrie.
Student, New York University. Student, University Florida.
Toy salesman, Modern Toy Company, Chicago, 1956; private practice manufacturers representative, Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1957-1966; manufacturers representative, president, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Russ Berrie & Company Inc., Palisades Park, Oakland, New Jersey, since 1963. Board directors United Retail Group. Lecturer in field.
Board overseers New York University Graduate School Business, since 1986. Board directors George Rothman Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Founding member, board directors Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation American, New York City, Jewish Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Jersey City.
Trustee United Jewish Community Bergen County, River Edge, New Jersey, Jewish Community Center on Palisades, Tenafly. Founder Yeshiva University School Business, New York City. Chairman Israeli Business Conference Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986.
Member Toy Manufacturers American, American Business Conference.
Married Kathy Bohbot (divorced December 1983). Children: Brett, Richard, Leslie, Scott. Married Uni Juliana Yang, December 29, 1983 (divorced 1991, remarried September 6, 1992).
Children: Nicole Alanna, David Benjamin.