Thomas Zeumer was born in Hamburg, Germany. After receiving his Abitur, he then attended and graduated from the Parisian Fashion School of Design "Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture". In the early eighties, he came to New York in order to expand and broaden his education. He was appointed Vice President of Sales at Revillon Freres. There he had the opportunity to work closely with the world’s most famous designers, such as Givenchy,Valentino and many others. He promoted the Egon von Fuerstenberg and Joop! lines as well as licensing their labels, which were sold directly from the showroom to many upscale clients. One year later he joined the famous Gilles Mendel Haute Fourrure and Couture store at Elizabeth Arden on 5th Avenue in New York. As a national consultant and one of the world’s foremost specialists in the finest and most expensive fur coats. Thomas succeeded in selling products totaling in the millions of dollars. He organized numerous fashion shows at the major Elizabeth Arden stores throughout the USA. <br><br><img src="content/image.jpg">Zeumer handpicked the models for the shows observing with fascination the magnetism of beauty and glamour which came with it. Shortly thereafter he started a modeling agency in New York City. Realizing immediately that in order to find, build, and manage stars, he needed to have international alliances, in 1989 he forged his first partnership with Metropolitan Paris. Metropolitan New York was born. His ability to spot raw talent, manage careers and create supermodels propelled his agency to one of the most lucrative and famous in the world. For almost 10 years he managed Claudia Schiffer, handpicked Heidi Klum from the Metropolitan Top Model contest on Thomas Gottschalk’s show along with many other models such as Eva Herzigova - all of whom flourished from Zeumer’s management of Metropolitan New York. Among the many others who became successful in their careers are Connie Nielsen , Monica Potter, January Jones, Randy Ingerman, Ines Rivero, Frankie Rayder , Daniela Urzi , Viola Haqui, Margaux Hemingway, etc.. <br><br>Metropolitan Sports also worked with stars such as Steffi Graf, who was photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for a spread in Vogue, Shannon Briggs, Boxing World Champion, Jason Williams, Steve Nash, and numerous more, developing their images and public profiles. As one of the creators of corporate branding collaboration, he closed major endorsement, through his company Metropolitan ,deals with Revlon, Coca Cola, Sarah Lee, Wonderbra, Victoria’s Secret, Chanel, Valentino, Procter and Gamble, L’Oreal, Guess?, Karl Lagerfeld, Mango, H&M, Versace, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Otto Versand, and many others. Zeumer managed to put his stars on every major fashion publication in the world from Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Elle, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, People Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine and countless others.By early 2000, Thomas understood that by taking the dynamics, visions and creativity he had developed with Metropolitan New York to a growing global European market there was huge growth potentials. Launching Munich and Berlin with Nicole Kidman as guest of honor at the opening of Metropolitan Germany, this splashing, star-studded event, triggered many years of his continuing success in the global markets.<br><br>One of the most interesting collaborations was to represent Libya’s Football Federation for the Soccer World Cup 2010 and one of Libya’s Royal son’s Eng. Al- Saadi Gaddafi. Observing and participating in such a fascinating arena and culture was one of the highlights of the many milestones Thomas Zeumer has achieved so far. Resulting in the founding of World Navigator Entertainment, together with Eng. Al-Saadi Gaddafi as a partner for the purpose of enhancing Libya’s world image and positive production of movies. Of the many productions, Thomas organized a series of special image producing events, such as the Libyan Nights at the Venice Film festival featuring 50 Cent and his G Unit, the Gypsy Kings, among others in Europe. Zeumer has appeared in many TV shows and countless press articles. He lives in New York and Munich, presently launching a social networking website called tomZworld, a model academy and is preparing a pilot for his TV Series ‘ Beauty Hunter’. He has just finished a book about the rise of the supermodels he managed.