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Leslie “Les” Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman and retail magnate best known as the founder of L Brands . He built a dominant retail empire starting with The Limited in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963, which he launched with a $5,000 loan from his aunt . Over his more than five-decade career as CEO, he grew the company into a powerhouse that controlled major brands including Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, and Abercrombie & Fitch . Wexner is also a significant philanthropist in Ohio, having donated hundreds of millions to institutions like the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center .
His legacy, however, is also defined by his long-standing association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wexner hired Epstein as his financial manager in the 1980s and granted him sweeping control over his finances, including power of attorney in 1991 . He has stated that he severed ties with Epstein in 2007 after discovering he had misappropriated vast sums of money . While Wexner’s name appears thousands of times in recently released documents related to the Epstein case, he has never been charged with any crime and has testified to Congress that he was “conned” and had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuses . He stepped down as CEO of L Brands in 2020
