The son of Skechers President Michael Greenberg passed away April 6 at the age of 19.
Harrison Greenberg was on vacation in Thailand when he “suffered a tragic and sudden choking accident that inexplicably took this vibrant and happy young man from us far too soon,” the family said in a statement.
He was taking a break with his cousin Colton from a four-month internship in China, the statement said.
Greenberg studied management at Loyola Marymount University last fall, though he wasn’t currently enrolled, according to the school.
Friends sent out condolences on Twitter.
“The good die young. Rest in peace to the legend Harrison Greenberg (heart),” tweeted @morgzzb with a photo of Greenberg.
A Facebook profile photo showed the young man with his father, grandfather Robert Greenberg and former President Bill Clinton. His profile said that he attended Rolling Hills Prep in Palos Verdes.
A 2011 article in South Bay magazine said that Greenberg’s three children, Harrison, Chase and MacKenna, often came to the Skechers offices. Greenberg said that he took his family on a business trip to China and that the experience was particularly meaningful to his oldest son, Harrison, who returned with his father.
“He asked to come to the conference again, and this time he sat in on all the meetings and an entire morning of presentations from our partners in the PanAsian region,” Greenberg said, according to the article. “On our one day off of the 10-day trip, we went to Indonesia to visit Skechers stores.”
An Instagram post from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China three weeks ago showed a selfie of Harrison with planes in the background.
“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled because the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page,” said the caption. ER
