David Oreck, Founder David Oreck, Founder
Inspirational
Leadership
Business
Marketing
Entrepreneur
Communication
Branding
Crisis Management
What We Learned From Katrina: Putting It Into Practice
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Managing People First
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Guiding Priniciples
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Stories of Adjustment
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Core Competencies for Human Resources
AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL
DAVID ORECK AMERICAN ICON
David Oreck collects and flys vintage airplanes and rides a Harley! This is just in his free time. This cleaning guru created the Oreck Vacuum! Even though he is 84 years old there is no slowing down for him. He is passionate about making vacuums and clean air machines.
DAVID ORECK founded the Oreck Corporation in the United States in 1963.
A native of Minnesota, he served in World War II aboard B29’s in the 20th Air Force in the Pacific. Following the war in 1946, he joined the RCA wholesale distributor in New York City as a salesman, ultimately becoming General Sales Manager. Mr. Oreck pioneered the introduction of both black and white and color television in New York. He played an important role in the introduction of automatic washers and microwave ovens.
He was introduced to the mail order business when he formed a company that taught electronics repair by correspondence entirely in Spanish! He created one of the first master antenna companies in New York City, which was the start of the cable TV industry. He founded a charter airline service in New York and did much of the flying himself. In 1963 he established Oreck Corporation, and in 1965 Mr. Oreck became the exclusive RCA wholesale distributor in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Oreck Corporation began as a company manufacturing upright vacuum cleaners for the hotel industry in the U.S. Its concept was to design a lightweight year powerful and durable vacuum that hotel maids would prefer to the very heavy models available to them. The idea proved so successful that now over 50,000 hotels throughout the world use Oreck vacuums. After a short time, hotel personnel asked to buy the machines for their own use which gave the Oreck Corporation the idea to sell its unique products to the general public.
Oreck now sells throughout North America and South America, as well as Europe and the Orient. It has the reputation of being the manufacturer of the very finest cleaning equipment available anywhere. It concentrates on lightweight cleaning machines of every style, each model having exceptional durability and ease of handling. An example of its success is that the only vacuum cleaners sold by the American Express Company are Orecks. American Express has sold over $100 million worth of Oreck vacuums to its card members. Oreck also manufactures air purifiers.
A Harley Davidson enthusiast, and a commercial pilot he currently owns and flies seven different planes including a vintage Waco Open Cockpit airplane and a Navy Warbird T-34.
David Oreck is the recipient of countless national advertising and marketing awards.
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TOM ORECK is the President, Board of Directors of the Oreck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and other home appliances made in America and sold worldwide.
Mr. Oreck, born in New York City July 1951, is a graduate of Lawrence University and the owner/president management program of the Harvard Business School. He has been in the appliance and consumer products industry for over 30 years.
Mr. Oreck serves on the Board of Directors of Alcas/Cutco Corporation and is former Vice Chair of the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Isidore Newman School, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Board of Directors of the Bureau of Governmental Research. Mr. Oreck is also a member of the Committee of 100 for Economic Development.
Tom Oreck is the 2007 recipient of the Lawrence Alumni Association Service to Society Award, the UGS Innovation Leadership Award, and the ACG Abrams Leadership Award.
Mr. Oreck, a former competition soaring pilot and aerobatic pilot, has been flying for 30 years. He is currently active as a volunteer pilot for Angel Flights.
Inspirational
Leadership
Business
Marketing
Entrepreneur
Communication
Branding
Crisis Management
What We Learned From Katrina: Putting It Into Practice
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Managing People First
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Guiding Priniciples
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Stories of Adjustment
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Core Competencies for Human Resources
AVAILABLE TO BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL
DAVID ORECK AMERICAN ICON
David Oreck collects and flys vintage airplanes and rides a Harley! This is just in his free time. This cleaning guru created the Oreck Vacuum! Even though he is 84 years old there is no slowing down for him. He is passionate about making vacuums and clean air machines.
DAVID ORECK founded the Oreck Corporation in the United States in 1963.
A native of Minnesota, he served in World War II aboard B29’s in the 20th Air Force in the Pacific. Following the war in 1946, he joined the RCA wholesale distributor in New York City as a salesman, ultimately becoming General Sales Manager. Mr. Oreck pioneered the introduction of both black and white and color television in New York. He played an important role in the introduction of automatic washers and microwave ovens.
He was introduced to the mail order business when he formed a company that taught electronics repair by correspondence entirely in Spanish! He created one of the first master antenna companies in New York City, which was the start of the cable TV industry. He founded a charter airline service in New York and did much of the flying himself. In 1963 he established Oreck Corporation, and in 1965 Mr. Oreck became the exclusive RCA wholesale distributor in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Oreck Corporation began as a company manufacturing upright vacuum cleaners for the hotel industry in the U.S. Its concept was to design a lightweight year powerful and durable vacuum that hotel maids would prefer to the very heavy models available to them. The idea proved so successful that now over 50,000 hotels throughout the world use Oreck vacuums. After a short time, hotel personnel asked to buy the machines for their own use which gave the Oreck Corporation the idea to sell its unique products to the general public.
Oreck now sells throughout North America and South America, as well as Europe and the Orient. It has the reputation of being the manufacturer of the very finest cleaning equipment available anywhere. It concentrates on lightweight cleaning machines of every style, each model having exceptional durability and ease of handling. An example of its success is that the only vacuum cleaners sold by the American Express Company are Orecks. American Express has sold over $100 million worth of Oreck vacuums to its card members. Oreck also manufactures air purifiers.
A Harley Davidson enthusiast, and a commercial pilot he currently owns and flies seven different planes including a vintage Waco Open Cockpit airplane and a Navy Warbird T-34.
David Oreck is the recipient of countless national advertising and marketing awards.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
TOM ORECK is the President, Board of Directors of the Oreck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and other home appliances made in America and sold worldwide.
Mr. Oreck, born in New York City July 1951, is a graduate of Lawrence University and the owner/president management program of the Harvard Business School. He has been in the appliance and consumer products industry for over 30 years.
Mr. Oreck serves on the Board of Directors of Alcas/Cutco Corporation and is former Vice Chair of the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Isidore Newman School, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Board of Directors of the Bureau of Governmental Research. Mr. Oreck is also a member of the Committee of 100 for Economic Development.
Tom Oreck is the 2007 recipient of the Lawrence Alumni Association Service to Society Award, the UGS Innovation Leadership Award, and the ACG Abrams Leadership Award.
Mr. Oreck, a former competition soaring pilot and aerobatic pilot, has been flying for 30 years. He is currently active as a volunteer pilot for Angel Flights.
