Key people Chris Sword, President Headquarters Louisville | Website www.pearlizumi.com Founded 1950 | |
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CEO Mike O'Connor (1 Apr 2013–) Profiles | ||
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Pearl Izumi is a company that produces high performance sports apparel, primarily focusing on cycling. Pearl Izumi also has products in other sports including triathlon and mountain bike.
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With origins in Tokyo, Japan over 50 years ago, it began to be seen in the U.S. around 1981.
It has sponsored many cycling teams, including the 1984 USA Olympic team.
Pearl Izumi was purchased by Shimano for $70M in 2008.
DASH America (trading as Pearl Izumi USA) was founded by Stan Mavis, & Hugh Walton who purchased the trademark from Dave Jacobs (founder of Spyder, and the original distributor of Pearl Izumi in the USA) and traveled to Japan to meet with the Shimano family and were given the legal rights from the parent company to do business as Pearl Izumi in the US. After several years of successful growth Mavis and Walton were given the rights to distribute the product everywhere in the world except Asia. Pearl Izumi USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of Shimano America, Inc.
The name Pearl Izumi is derived from the gem "pearl" and an area of Japan known for its clear water "Izumi." Literally translated, the name means, "fountain of pearls."