Simon Wolfson
Simon Wolfson · Economics & Business
Chief executive of Next since 2001, one of Britain's most consistently successful retailers; endowed the Wolfson Economics Prize
27 October 1967, England
United Kingdom
Simon Wolfson is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Chief executive of Next since 2001, one of Britain's most consistently successful retailers; endowed the Wolfson Economics Prize
Simon Wolfson comes from the Glasgow Jewish family of Solomon Wolfson, a cabinet-maker whose son Isaac built Great Universal Stores and founded the Wolfson Foundation. He joined Next as a shop-floor salesman and has been its chief executive since 2001, running one of the few British high-street retailers to have thrived through the shift online. He endowed the Wolfson Economics Prize, the largest economics prize after the Nobel, and sits in the House of Lords.
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Chief executive of Next since 2001, one of Britain's most consistently successful retailers; endowed the Wolfson Economics Prize
Source: Wikipedia — Simon Wolfson
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