Oxford Industries, Inc.
A maker of sunny, island-inspired clothing, Oxford Industries owns a stable of American lifestyle brands including Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, and Southern Tide. Three Lanier brothers bought the Oxford of Atlanta apparel business in 1942, and the family has grown it ever since. The Tommy Bahama name isn't a real person—founders invented him as a fictional beach-loving "bon vivant" and asked what he would wear.