Putumayo was started by Dan Storper in 1993 and created its own niche by selling its compilation CDs primarily in Storper’s Putumayo chain of clothing stores. Storper’s goal was to promote ...

The Putumayo World Music compilations have achieved an enviable brand status with their wide-ranging stylistic variety and the distinctively cheerful covers by artist Lisa Gonzalez. Grant's sparkling ...

Dan Storper went into the menswear business when he was about 5. He raided his father’s closet, loaded his red wagon with suits and ties and went door to door around his neighborhood in Great Neck, ...

His record label, Putumayo, gathered sounds from around the globe and pushed them into the mainstream, selling 35 million compilation CDs worldwide. By Alex Williams Dan Storper, a retailer who ...