Leslie Herbert Wexner was born on September 8, 1937, in Dayton, Ohio, the only child of Russian-Jewish immigrants who arrived in the United States with little money and a practical understanding of retail. His parents ran a modest women’s clothing shop called Leslie’s. It was functional rather than aspirational: fluorescent lights, practical dresses, sl…
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