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HE SUMMER HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD,
Brett Hersh came up with his first business
idea at the Jersey Shore. “We were always
running out of drinks after spending the entire day play-
ing in the sun. I started selling soda on the beach while
walking from towel to towel, offering ice-cold soda for
$1 each.“
Hersh kept coming up with what he calls “bizarre
ideas” that solved problems for others. At age 14, Hersh
sold no-run pantyhose to his ninth-grade teachers, nurses
and other female professionals.
His passion for entrepreneurship remained steady
over the years, and after selling his healthcare company,
Hersh and his business partner, Steve Weissman,
founded Admints (UPIC:
Admints), which later became
Admints & Zagabor, in 2001.
“I started Admints with an
entrepreneurial vision to grow
a company that provides a
nice lifestyle for my family,
provides a great product to
my customers and contributes
to our economy with good
jobs for my employees,” he
says. There was definitely a
learning curve, he adds. “It
took us three years to figure
out you could not survive in
the promotional products
business with one product.
We started adding products,
and here we are in 2016.”
In July, Admints & Zagabor
was acquired by Hit
Promotional Products and
Hersh remains president of the
company. “We could not have
found a better partner who
shares the same passion and
vision, and is equally focused
on quality, service, price and
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BRETT HERSH’S CHILDHOOD WAS AN INCUBATOR FOR SELLING SUCCESS
BY JULIE RICHIE
JANUARY 2016 •
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Admints & Zagabor President
Brett Hersh with his wife,
Jennifer (left), and daughters
Julie (left, center) and Emily.