Biography
Born in New York City to a Jewish family. Zimmer attended grade schools in Scarsdale, New York, before studying at Washington University in St. Louis where he received an A.B. in Economics in 1970. Upon graduation, he worked as a substitute teacher before joining his father in the clothing manufacturing business. Later in the early 1970s, he worked as a purchasing agent and salesman in Hong Kong.
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