George Matouk, Jr.
John Matouk & Co.
George Matouk, Jr. is the third generation CEO of family owned John Matouk & Co. in Fall River, Massachusetts.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA) and Columbia University School of Business (MBA), Mr. Matouk assumed the role of CEO of the company in 2002 and has built the company into a nationally renowned luxury brand.
During that time, Matouk has doubled the size of its Massachusetts-based manufacturing workforce and invested substantially in training, equipment and infrastructure.
Under his leadership, John Matouk & Co. obtained an Industrial Development Bond to acquire and rehabilitate a new company headquarters in Fall River, MA in 2005. In 2008, John Matouk & Co. was selected by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership as a pilot company in their Next Generation Manufacturing Initiative. In 2009, the company partnered with Commonwealth Solar to install an 85 KW photovoltaic solar energy system, the largest of its kind in Southeastern Massachusetts at the time of its installation. In 2011, SBANE awarded the company with its prestigious Innovation Award.
George is a Trustee at the Gordon School in East Providence, RI, is a Board Member of the Fall River Office of Economic Development and has been a member of the Alliance for Business Leaders since 2009.
He is married to Mindy Matouk, owner of the nationally recognized home furnishings retailer “Butterfield” in Providence, RI, where they live with their three children.
Talk: Following Your Own Path
There are many roads you can travel by, but only one of them is your own. Time is your most precious asset in life because you have no idea how much of it is in the bank. So every moment that you spend off course is a waste of a priceless resource that you will never recover.
The speaker will describe how the loss of a family member led him to change his priorities in life and follow a new path; a path that led him to rebuild his family’s third generation fine linen business into a sustainable and competitive model equally dependent on domestic manufacturing and strategic outsourcing.
