[6] His father manufactured syrups for soft drinks and eventually moved the family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Zimmerman graduated high school.
[7][8] After school, he returned to Fort Lauderdale and started his own agency focusing on the auto industry.
[9] In 1999, his company joined the Omnicom Group and Zimmerman grew his company through acquisitions purchasing Ad Team, Ad Productions, Beacon Worldwide (a marketer of auto products to dealerships), and in 2004, the public relations and hospitality firm Zimmerman Agency (no relation) located in Tallahassee.
He is active in the Palm Beach Jewish Federation, Take Stock in Children, and the Florence Fuller Child Development Center.
[citation needed] His third wife was Denise (née Broadrick) Zimmerman[1][11] who was raised Roman Catholic but converted to Judaism, the religion of her husband.