REMEMBERING BILL WINSOR, 1946-2024

Dallas Market Center announced the passing of its chairman emeritus, Bill Winsor, on Thursday, December 12, following a brief illness.

Winsor served as president and chief executive of Dallas Market Center from 1993-2015. He was named chairman emeritus in 2015 and remained active in the business.

Over the course of his career with Dallas Market Center, Winsor guided the growth, strategy, management, and merchandising of what is today a 5 million square foot B2B marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of consumer products, including women’s, men’s, and children’s apparel and accessories; Western and English lifestyle products; home furnishings; lighting, holiday and floral; tabletop and housewares; and gift products. Each year, more than 25 global trade events and numerous specialized trade events are held inside the Dallas Market Center, welcoming buyers from around the world.

His most recent business development successes included guiding the launch of the Western and English marketplace at Dallas Market Center in 2021 and the debut, in December 2024, of a specialized trade event for nearshoring, which brought together brands with vetted factories and supply chain service providers from Mexico and Latin America.

Prior to his appointment to Dallas Market Center, Winsor served as president and general manager of Infomart, a former technology trade mart in Dallas.

Winsor joined Crow Family Holdings in November 1981 to establish Infomart, where he was responsible for marketing, sales, operations, and administration as general manager.

Trammell Crow recruited Winsor from Texas Instruments, where he was responsible for corporate marketing and merchandising for five product groups: consumer goods, digital systems, geophysical services, government services, and semiconductors.

He graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a B.S. in Communications. He is survived by his wife Kathleen, sons Mark and Kelley (wife Lacy), and three grandchildren. Away from work, Bill was a noted historian, amateur archaeologist, enthusiastic Texas rancher, and devoted husband, father, and grandfather.