International Directory of Business Biographies


Leslie H. Wexner Biography

Chief executive officer, The Limited

Nationality: American.

Born: September 9, 1937, in Dayton, Ohio.

Education: Ohio State University, BS, 1959.

Family: Son of Harry L. Wexner, a budget clothing-store manager, and Bella Cabakoff, a department-store buyer and philanthropist; married Abigail Koppel, formerly a corporate attorney, 1993; children: three.

Career: Leslie's, 1961–1963, clerk; The Limited, 1963–, chairman and CEO; Easton Town Center, 1987–, developer.

Awards: Honorary LLD, Hofstra University, 1987; Honorary LHD, Brandeis University, 1990;...

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