Bruno Perme was formerly a staff member of the Carl Crow, Inc. He was dismissed after putting his employer into trial and founded his own agency in 1933. 

Sources: Shangha Hong List, 1941; Morgan 2009; Bankers' Cooperative Credit Service (中国征信所 ), comp. 1935, Credit Men's Business Directory of Shanghai (征信工商行名录，上海之部 ), 1935; SMA (FC), U38-4-1117 (1859-1889); SMA (SMC), U1-14-3256 (1903).