Before immigrating to the United States in 1978, Tolaymat was an international bus driver covering routes between Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Lebanon.

Known for his signature hat, entrepreneur Wasfi Tolaymat was world famous in 1995 as 'the man with the sign' during O. J. Simpson's trial, who purchased all 31 pieces at auction, the contents of the hotel room O. J. Simpson stayed in at Chicago's O'Hare Plaza Hotel on June 13, 1994, for $4000[5] from the night he gashed his hand, including: the carpet, drapes, a holy bible, the ashtray, ice bucket, bed, dresser, the mirrors, chairs, a table, night tables, lamps, the pictures and more.

Offers of $300,000 and $700,000 for the complete bric-a-brac collection of O. J. Simpson's Chicago O'Hare Plaza Hotel room items got turned down.

[9] Famed pathologist Dr. Michael Baden testified the broken hotel room glass at the Plaza caused O. J. Simpson's left hand wounds.

[10] In March 2012, Tolaymat's fighter, world ranked middleweight Osumanu Adama of Ghana, lost a close 12 round decision to Daniel Geale for the IBF version of the World Middleweight title at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.