Jamie Matusow, Editor-in-Chief02.01.16
L Brands’ Leslie H. Wexner will enter the Group’s Hall of Fame.
Wexner founded L Brands in 1963, with a $5,000 loan from his aunt. He opened his first store in the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio. Often credited as the founder of specialty retailing, Wexner’s first store sold a limited selection of pants and blouses for women. He called it The Limited. In the ensuing years, Wexner, went on to create some of North America’s most iconic specialty retailers, including Victoria’s Secret, PINK, Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel, La Senza, Abercrombie and Fitch and Express.
