Rex Solomon

Rex Solomon (born March 14, 1966) is an American jeweler and grandson of Philip Solomon.

Early life
Rex Solomon a fifth generation Texan, was born and raised in Houston, attending Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Ma. He is a grand son of Philip Solomon and an ex step grandson of United States Senator Maurine Brown Neuberger and noted philanthropist Abe "Honey Donsky, son of Andrew L. Solomon, Andrew L. Solomon Fine Art Photography, nephew of writer Linda Solomon and brother of filmmaker Keith Solomon.

College
He spent his college years in Boston, graduating from Brandeis University with a degree in American Studies. He also studied at Tufts and Harvard University. In college, he founded the Barrister News Ltd, a weekly intercollegiate newspaper serving the greater Boston area, and was a member the Varsity Sailing Team. He was also a member of the male undergraduates who became founding fathers of the first fraternity of Brandeis University students, the Lambda Beta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi.

He attended the University of Houston Law School in the fall of 1989 at which time he founded The List, the first national directory, of a cappella groups, and an a cappella arrangement exchange which he combined with Deke Sharon's Contemporary A Cappella Society, where he served as the publisher/printer for the initial year of operation, with the honorific "Acappellius Maxiumus Listus". He was recently referenced in the popular book, "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A CAPPELLA Glory" by Mickey Rapkin. The A Cappella Arrangement Library provided Straight No Chaser with Richard C. Gregory's arrangement of Twelve Days of Christmas (which was written in 1968 for the Williston Northampton School Caterwaulers) in 1996 to which they added a medley of Dreidel and Toto's Africa to produce what would become a world wide a cappella YouTube hit in 2008.

Career
After a year of law school, in 1990 he became active in his multi-generational family business, Houston Jewelry & Distributing Company Houston Jewelry Distributing Company, where since 2005 he has been CEO. In 2010 he became President of Houston Jewelry. Rex has been the subject of numerous jewelry industry trade magazine articles & interviews over the last few decades, and he has been a speaker at industry events and is considered an industry innovator as a multiple winner of the America's Best Jewelers Award.

In 1991 along with Tim Hannum and Blake Davidson he founded and entertainment promotions business, KITKAT which produced a number of large scale events in the Houston area, in the late 90's Mr. Davidson left the organization and Sid Farbstein joined the team. Houston Scene Magazine honored KITKAT with a lifetime achievement award.

Awards
Rex Solomon is a board member of the Texas Jewelers Association, has been a guest editor of Modern Jeweler Magazine, a featured speaker at the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show, is a two time honoree as one of America's Best Jewelers by National Jeweler and the Jewelers of America, as well as the winner of multiple Telly Awards as a producer, multiple BBB's Award for Excellence, and the State of Texas Historical Commission Texas Treasure Award in 2008.

Media
Solomon has given numerous professional presentations, using his knowledge to help educate others interested in gemstones & fine jewelry and the state of the retail industry. He was a guest editor of Modern Jeweler Magazine. He’s also been called on several times by television and print news about diamond, jewelry and gold and a variety of media appearances:


 * Speaker: JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show
 * KRIV Fox News, Houston, Texas
 * KPRC TV News, Houston, Texas
 * KHOU TV News, Houston, Texas
 * The Houston Chronicle
 * The Houston Post
 * The Jewish Herald Voice
 * JCK Jewelers Circular Keystone
 * National Jeweler
 * Instore Magazine
 * Modern Jeweler
 * Southern Jeweler News