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Wexner was born in Dayton, Ohio, [7] on September 8, 1937, to parents Bella née Cabakoff (1908–2001) and Harry Louis Wexner (1899–1975). [8] Both his parents were of Russian-Jewish origin. [4] His father was born in Russia and his mother was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. [4] She moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. [8]
Bella Cabakoff was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. [4] At 21, she became the youngest buyer for the Lazarus department store chain. In 1951, after spending over 20 years with Lazarus, she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street.
Bella Wexner served as secretary until her death in 2001, Harry as chairman (he served until his death in 1975), and Leslie, CEO from inception, later succeeded his father as the chairman. As of 2014, he and his family continued to own 17% of LB. In 1969, Wexner took The Limited Brands public and sold 47,600 shares at $7.25 a share.
The center works to prepare its students to exercise leadership in a world responding to a rapidly expanding array of economic, political, and social challenges. Located at Harvard Kennedy School, CPL was established in 2000 through a gift from the Wexner Foundation. [1]
Harry Wexler (March 15, 1911 – August 11, 1962) was an American meteorologist, born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Biography. Wexler attended Harvard University ...
A man sustained serious burns and at least 43 horses died in a fire Saturday that destroyed a massive barn used by two Logan County performance-horse businesses, according to an official with the ...
The Wexner Foundation is an American philanthropic organisation which focuses on developing Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North America and public ...
Thomas F. Frist Jr. was born on August 12, 1938, to Thomas F. Frist Sr., a prominent internal medicine specialist in Nashville, [1] and Dorothy Cate. Frist has four siblings: physician and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; [6] Dr. Robert A. Frist; Dorothy F. Boensch; and Mary F. Barfield.