Sy Syms (May 12, 1926 – November 17, 2009) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS off-price clothing chain in New York City in 1959. Syms was born Seymour Merinsky on May 12, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the youngest of eight children to Jewish parents who emigrated from Russia. His family decid...