Jockey International Company Description
Jockey International has nothing to do with horses and everything to do with the classic men's brief (its invention). The company makes men's, women's, and children's underwear and loungewear. Its products are sold through several thousand department and specialty stores, such as Bloomingdale's and JCPenney. Jockey International licenses and distributes its apparel in more than 120 countries and holds numerous licensing agreements. Chairman and CEO Debra Waller and her family own the company. Jockey International was founded by Samuel Cooper in 1876 as a hosiery company intended to relieve lumberjacks of blisters and infections resulting from shoddy wool socks.
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