Board of Directors


Chaim Edelstein
Chairman
Mr. Edelstein has served as Chairman of 7thOnline since December 1999. His distinguished career in retail began in 1972. Mr. Edelstein spent five years as a buyer and merchandiser for Hecht & Co. In 1978 he joined Abraham and Straus, a division of Federated Department Stores. He served as its Chairman and CEO, from 1984 to 1994. In 1996 Mr. Edelstein became Chairman and CEO of Hills Stores, where he successfully negotiated the sale of the chain to Ames in 1999. Mr. Edelstein holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Max Ma
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ma cofounded 7thOnline in October 1999 and has served as the company's CEO since inception. Prior to 7thOnline, Mr. Ma has over a decade of management experience at companies including HBO and Pantone, where he was the lead developer for Pantone's Electronic Color Systems. He has successfully driven numerous large-scale IT projects, and has also overseen the development of apparel design automation CAD systems. He is a founder of the Chinese Association for Science and Business, a non-profit organization that works to align Chinese and American business and government interests. Mr. Ma holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University.

John W. Burden, III
Former Chairman of Federated Department Stores
Mr. Burden served as the Chairman of Federated Department Stores, Inc. and Allied Department Stores, Inc. from 1988 to 1990. Prior to his position as Chairman, Mr. Burden was the Vice-Chairman of Federated Department Stores for four years. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Burden was the Chairman of Federated's Abraham & Straus (A&S) division and from 1977 to 1981, he was President of Federated's Burdines Department Store division in Florida.

Jerome Chazen
Former Chairman & Co-Founder of Liz Claiborne
Mr. Chazen is currently the Founder and Chairman of Chazen Capital. Prior to this Mr. Chazen was one of the four founders of Liz Claiborne Inc., where he is also Chairman Emeritus. During his tenure he was largely responsible for the innovative sales, marketing, distribution, and licensing programs that are an integral part of Liz Claiborne Inc.'s success. Mr. Chazen is also the founder and Benefactor of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business. Mr. Chazen received his B.A. Degree from the University of Wisconsin and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Paul Kahn
General Partner of Himalaya Capital
Mr. Kahn serves as General Partner of Himalaya Capital since joining in 2000. Prior to Himalaya, Mr. Kahn served as acting CFO of Primedia's business-to-business unit, as well as a founding member of one of the organization's e-commerce companies. In this capacity, as well as in his prior role as Director of Strategy & Operations, Mr. Kahn was actively involved in charting Primedia's Internet business development. Prior to Primedia, a Kohlberg Kravis Roberts portfolio company, Mr. Kahn was a financial and strategic analyst at EMI Music, where he was instrumental in restructuring the company's North American operations. Mr. Kahn holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Ron Reed
Chairman & Co-Founder of Fullscope, Inc.
Mr. Reed is Chairman and co-founder of Fullscope Inc., a leading provider of collaborative commerce solutions automating value chain collaboration. At Fullscope, he has led merger activity and fund raising. Prior to Fullscope, Mr. Reed was General Partner of Endeavor Capital of Westport, CT. At Endeavor, he led investments in technology companies including Harbinger, CareerSite.com, and Online Technologies. He became deeply involved with the operations of several portfolio companies including Supply Tech where he led strategic acquisitions and business development that resulted in the development of Harbinger Corporation, one of the largest public eCommerce/EDI businesses. Before Endeavor, Mr. Reed was a General Manager for Emerald Intelligence, where he managed the business through a turnaround, to position it as a vertical player in the expert systems market. Mr. Reed currently sits on the Board of Directors of Online Technologies and the Advisory and Investment Advisory Board of Pennell Venture Partners.

Steven Richard Walton
Executive Director of Wing Tai
Mr. Walton serves as the Executive Director of Wing Tai. He has overall responsibility for Hong Kong and Far East operations. Mr. Walton has spent twenty-three years managing major companies in all areas of the apparel industry. Prior to moving to Asia in the late 1980s, Mr. Walton spent ten years in senior management positions with Marks and Spencer, during which time he was based both in Europe and the United States. In 1986 he created a state of the art design, marketing and sourcing company for a publicly listed UK group, supplying the major UK retailers. Mr.Walton joined the Wing Tai organization in the early 1990s and has run a number of its businesses based in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong. Mr. Walton is a member of the Institute of Directors, and Chairs various steering Committees at the City University of Hong Kong.