TENAFLY, N.J. – Ronald Jacob Couri, president and CEO of Couristan, Inc., whose imaginative and prescient helped protect the 97-year-old rug firm’s legacy, died unexpectedly on Feb. 28 on the age of 70.
He served on the household firm for greater than 50 years and was acknowledged by his friends and staff as a inventive chief. Couri enforced strict No Baby Labor insurance policies inside Couristan by implementing inside and third-party inspections of every facility the place handmade space rugs had been made, the corporate stated.
He additionally explored new enterprise alternatives and ventured into initiatives that may perpetually change the panorama of how space rugs had been manufactured, marketed, designed and coloured. By way of his data of the floor-covering business, he was capable of construction licensing agreements with a number of manufacturers underneath the Couristan umbrella, together with Vanderbilt, Forbes, Disney, CARE and Marvel.
With a imaginative and prescient of producing and advertising indoor/out of doors space rugs, underneath his steerage in 2001, Couristan launched its first out of doors space rug assortment, a phase that continues to develop exponentially, Couristan stated.
Couri was born on Oct. 8, 1952, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and grew up in Dyker Heights with three brothers. He attended Poly Prep Nation Day College, class of 1970 after which continued his schooling at Villanova and Temple Universities.
He’s survived by his sons Evan Brett Couri and Ronald George Couri, his daughter Cristina Couri Salit, her husband Eric Stephen Salit, and his grandchildren Elle Harper Salit and Star Gray Salit.
Visitation might be held on the Barrett Leber Funeral Residence, 148 Dean Dr., in Tenafly, N.J. on Wednesday March 15 from 3-8 p.m. The funeral service might be held on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church at 8100 Ridge Blvd., Brooklyn, N.Y., with burial to comply with at The Inexperienced-Wooden Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In lieu of flowers, the household is requesting memorial donations to the Ronald J. Couri Legacy Fund for the Bergen Performing Arts.
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