Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 1, 2003
SAL V. PERISANO has been a Director of iParty Corp. since October 1998
and its Chief Executive Officer since April 15, 1999. Mr. Perisano
served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Big Party
Corporation from 1992 to May 2000, as its Chairman of the Board from
1992 to December 1998 and its President from 1992 to September 1998. In
1981, he co-founded Videosmith, which became Boston's dominant video
retailer. In 1989, Videosmith was sold to a publicly traded company
called Xtravision PLC, which owned 250 stores throughout the UK and
Ireland. Mr. Perisano stayed on as a Director and was later named Chief
Executive Officer of the parent company, which was subsequently acquired
by Blockbuster video. Mr. Perisano holds a BA from Boston College and an
MA from Harvard University. Profile
then give us a picture of some things you're doing at the company at the
present time?
Mr. Perisano: iParty started in
