Steve Perillo (born September 29, 1955) is the president and owner of Perillo Tours, representing the third generation of the family business founded in 1945 that became the largest US operator of tours to Italy. Having taken over from his father

Mario Perillo Mario Perillo (August 15, 1926 – February 28, 2003) was an American businessman and chairman of Perillo Tours, Inc. He expanded his father Joseph Perillo's business, founded in 1945, to become the largest US operator of tours to Italy. Mario ...

who was famously nicknamed "Mr. Italy", Steve is sometimes referred to as "Mr. Italy, Jr." Following in his father's footsteps of direct-pitch TV ads for travel, Perillo's well-known commercials were parodied by

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on ''

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''. Perillo himself admired the spoof: "I thought it was great... It was flattering." In addition to running his travel business, Perillo is also a published composer of "colorful, pop-influenced concert music".

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Living people 1955 births American businesspeople People from Saddle River, New Jersey American people of Italian descent Centaur Records artists Businesspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub