1984 headquarters 11711 marco beach drive jacksonville florida united states products clothing swimwear accessories number of employees 250 parent bon prix website www.venus.com in 1984 daryle scott created venus body wear an american clothing and swimsuit retailer selling ladies leotards and exercise apparel via full page ads in cosmopolitan and other national magazines . a year later the company expanded to include women s swimwear and became known as venus swimwear . in 1999 venus acquired wintersilks a large importer of silk fashions . in 2000 reflecting the expanded offerings the company name changed to venus . in november 2006 venus venus manufacturing and wintersilks were acquired 80 % by golden gate capital under their catalog holdings group . the three companies fell under a new united company name venus holdings llc . in 2009 venus holdings was acquired by the german catalog company bon prix a subsidiary of otto . 1 2 contents 1 sponsorships 2 past venus models 3 see also 4 references 5 external links sponsorships edit official swimsuit sponsor for the 2007 miss america pageant . official presenting sponsor for the jacksonville roar 2014 2015 cheerleaders 3 4 past venus models edit brooke burke went on to host e s wild on and cbs s reality show rock star . brooke also worked with venus on her own line of swimwear barely brooke . barbie blank went on to become a world wrestling entertainment professional wrestler on the ecw brand dalene kurtis became playboy s playmate of the month for september 2001 and playmate of the year of 2002 . nikki schieler went on to become playboy s playmate of the month for september 1997 . karen mcdougal became playboy s playmate of the month for december 1997 and playmate of the year of 1998 . see also edit list of swimwear brands references edit katie deatsch july 10 2009 . german cataloger will keep venus swimwear afloat . internet retailer . retrieved march 1 2012 . jim tierney july 13 2009 . bon prix buys venus swimwear . multichannel merchant . retrieved march 1 2012 . jacksonville jaguars public relations feb 5 2014 . the roar partners with venus . jaguars.com . ashley gurbal kritzer feb 12 2014 . venus swimwear looks to make local splash with jacksonville jaguars roar sponsorship . jacksonville business journal . external links edit official retail website golden gate acquires venus wintersilks venus swimwear changes domain and launches new design permanent dead link venus helps reinvent miss america pageant venus poised for apparel overhaul with new executive appointment v t e jacksonville area based corporations list of companies in jacksonville florida fortune 1000 corporations 2015 rank csx corporation 240 fidelity national financial 314 fis 422 landstar system 719 publicly traded corporations ameris bancorp atlantic coast financial black knight financial services everbank frp holdings patriot transportation rayonier rayonier advanced materials regency centers stein mart web.com privately held 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