Reminiscences of John Monteiro : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Chief of Operations for Asia, Duty Free Shoppers (1966-1996)

Scope and Contents

Personal background: childhood, family history, Portuguese community in Hong Kong, World War II; Duty Free Shoppers: early history, Hong Kong duty-free concession, business strategies and development, competition, impact of Japanese tourism, sale of DFS; personal interactions with Charles F. Feeney, Robert W. Miller, Anthony M. Pilaro, Alan M. Parker, Robert J. Bruso, Adrian Bellamy, Robert J. Futoran.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Cross-border shopping.
• DFS Galleria (Firm)
• Duty-free importation.
• Farber, Myron, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Monteiro, John, 1938---Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright held by: The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2007.