Ever since the brand’s formation, the Nine West team paid attention to opening concept shops to present the full brand vision - up-to-date styles and good quality at moderate prices. In no time, the company boomed. By 1999, when Fisher merged the company with Jones Apparel, Nine West was estimated at over $1 billion. In the meantime, Fisher was the one to hold tight control of the company’s business dealings, even after he took Nine West public in 1993. In addition, Fisher has served as a Penn Trustee and a Wharton Overseer. In 1995, he endowed the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, a joint-degree program between Wharton and Penn Engineering offered at the University of Pennsylvania for undergraduates.