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Fisher is the son of Doris Feigenbaum Fisher and Don Fisher, the co-founders of Gap, and inherited his fortune from them. [1] [13] His family, which is Jewish, [14] also includes two brothers: Robert J. Fisher and William S. Fisher. John is married to Laura Meier Fisher. [15] [16]
Fisher was born to a Jewish family, [2] is the son of Doris Feigenbaum Fisher and Donald Fisher, the co-founders of Gap, Inc. [3] He has two brothers: William S. Fisher and John J. Fisher. Fisher attended Phillips Exeter Academy [4] and Princeton University, where he received a bachelor's degree. [3]
Fisher and his wife went on to open their first store carrying all sizes of jeans and named it The Gap after the "Generation Gap". [2] The store sold Levi's jeans as well as records and tapes in order to capture the 12-to-25-year-old target market. [ 2 ]
On Sunday, Donald Fisher, co-founder of the Gap (GPS), died at his home in San Francisco. He was 81. In 1969, Fisher and his wife, Doris, opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco.
Doris Lee Feigenbaum Fisher (born August 23, 1931) is an American billionaire businesswoman who co-founded The Gap clothing stores with her late husband, Donald Fisher in 1969. [ 1 ] Early life
Athletics owner John Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas and U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan, club executive ...
The Gap, Inc., [6] commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates four primary divisions: Gap (the namesake banner), Banana Republic, Old Navy, and ...
Fisher is largely blamed in Oakland for the team's fall from relevance and, ultimately, its exit from the Bay Area. In his letter, he made his case to fans that "we did our very best" to keep the ...