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Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA; 1971) Occupation. Entrepreneur. Known for. Founder of Victoria's Secret. Spouse (s) Gaye Raymond (m. 1970s; div. 1990) Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) [1] was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. [2]
Most notably, he acquired the lingerie business Victoria's Secret in 1982. Started as an MBA project by Stanford graduate Roy Raymond, Victoria's Secret attracted Wexner's interest due to the unique, high quality merchandise and Victorian-era decor of the shop which featured red-velvet sofas. Wexner described Raymond as "very guarded", stating ...
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [6][7] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [8] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s, when ...
FIRST PERSON: Plummeting sales have forced Victoria’s Secret to bin its planned ‘feminist rebrand’. The plan sat a little strangely with Ellie Muir anyway; she recalls her time working at ...
On August 26, 1993, Roy Raymond, the founder of Victoria's Secret, died after intentionally jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge at the age of 46. Last seen walking toward the bridge, Raymond's body was shortly thereafter washed up on a shoreline in Marin County; investigators concluded that he had killed himself by jumping from the bridge. [77]
The following is a list of current and former Victoria's Secret fashion models. Bolded names indicate current or former Victoria's Secret Angels.
Karlie Kloss Net Worth: $16 Million. Karlie Kloss returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2017 following a three-year break. The supermodel previously walked in the show from 2011 to 2014 ...
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2005 was recorded in New York City, United States at the 69th Regiment Armory. The show featured musical performances by Chris Botti, Seal, and Ricky Martin. Gisele Bündchen was wearing the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra : Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra worth $12,500,000. Dates.