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Alex Lee

Alex Lee is President of OXO International, a New York City based company founded in 1990 on the philosophy of Universal Design.

Born in Hong Kong, Alex Lee moved to New York City in 1980 to attend Parsons School of Design where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors in Product Design. He then joined the firm of Michael Graves, Architect and spent eight years designing a broad array of products for companies ranging from Alessi to Steelcase. After returning to school and earning his Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University in 1994, Alex joined OXO International, a New York City based Housewares manufacturer. In 1996 he was promoted to Managing Director and, shortly thereafter, to his current position as President of OXO.

A full member of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Alex currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the National Industries for the Blind and was a member of the Board of Governors for the Parsons School of Design from 1997 to 2001. He has won numerous design and business awards including the I.D. Award given by the Magazine of International Design, and was named one of the Forty Rising Start Under Forty in 2000 by Crain’s New York Business Magazine. Under his management, OXO International has also received many awards and distinctions. Among them are eleven IDEA Awards given by the Industrial Designers Society of America, including the Design of the Decade award for the 1990’s, and being named one of the Fifty Greatest Design Hits of the 20^th Century by The New York Times Magazine. The use of Universal Design as a business strategy has made OXO and Alex the subject of numerous articles in newspapers, magazines and trade journals from The Washington Post to Elle Décor in

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Oxo International

Founded in 1990 with a mission to create consumer products that ease the tasks of everyday life, OXO International is widely recognized as an example of a well executed Universal Design strategy. This philosophy not only creates user friendly products for a wide spectrum of users, but has proven to be a very successful business model. From its original 15 products, the OXO product line has grown to more than 750 products covering various product categories including tools for cooking, gardening, cleaning and home organization. Over the years, OXO products have won over 100 international design awards, and are in several permanent museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Based in New York City, OXO currently has 41 employees and has enjoyed a compounded annual growth rate of over 30% since 1991.