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   Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977.

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3. www.independent.co.uk › news › businessRoy Raymond: The tragic genius at the heart of Victoria's ...

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   Nov 13, 2013 · Roy Raymond created a lingerie store for men in 1977, but sold it to Leslie Wexner in 1982. Wexner transformed it into a global brand with a British-inspired image and a $6bn empire.

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4. www.celebritynetworth.com › articles › entertainmentThe Tragic True Story Behind The Founder Of Victoria's Secret

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   Roy Raymond was a Stanford MBA who created a market for sexy lingerie in the 1970s. He sold his company to Leslie Wexner for $1 million in 1982, but committed suicide in 1986.

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6. time.com › 6197975The True Story Behind Hulu's Victoria's Secret Documentary | TIME

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   Jul 19, 2022 · Wexner bought the lingerie brand in 1982 from its founder Roy Raymond for just $1 million, turning it into a billion-dollar company within the span of a decade.

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7. www.telegraph.co.uk › men › fashion-and-styleThe tragic story of the man who invented Victoria's Secret

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   Dec 2, 2014 · It was the universal certainty that most men would rather be in a war zone than a women’s underwear store that led Californian Roy Raymond to set up Victoria’s Secret back in 1977.

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   Jun 24, 2021 · How does one go from selling men's wear to launching a multibillion-dollar empire? This is the success story of Roy Raymond, the founder of the most popular lingerie brand today – Victoria’s ...

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   What happened to Roy Raymond?

   • In 1993, Roy Raymond committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. The tragedy in what happened to Raymond is that he struck upon the genius idea of removing the shame factor from the process of purchasing sexy underwear. Raymond's story reads like a cautionary tale of how you can have the best idea in the world and still miss the mark.

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   When did Roy Raymond start Victoria's Secret?

   • Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. Roy Raymond was born April 15, 1947, in Connecticut. He started an early business at age 13 in Fairfield that produced wedding invitations.

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   Did Roy Raymond build a $6bn Empire?

   • Roy Raymond had an inspired idea back in 1977. But it wasn't enough to build a $6bn empire. As the fashion giant prepares for its 2013 show, Naomi Barr tells its story

   Roy Raymond: The tragic genius at the heart of Victoria's Secret

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   Who is Roy Raymond?

   • Roy Raymond was born April 15, 1947, in Connecticut. He started an early business at age 13 in Fairfield that produced wedding invitations. He attended Tufts University, graduating in 1969. Raymond earned his master's degree in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1971.

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   Why did Roy & Gaye Raymond create Victoria's Secret?

   • Roy and Gaye Raymond worked together to design and launch the first store with a Victorian-inspired style. A reference to Queen Victoria, the name Victoria's Secret was meant to evoke the sophistication and propriety associated with Victorian era boudoirs while alluding to the "secret" underneath the clothes.

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   What was wrong with Raymond's business model?

   • Wexner quickly saw what was wrong with the business model: in focusing on a store and catalogue that appealed to men, Raymond had failed to draw a large following among women. Wexner surmised that women were as uncomfortable in Victoria's Secret as Raymond had been in that fluorescent-lit department store.

   Roy Raymond: The tragic genius at the heart of Victoria's Secret

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Victoria's_SecretVictoria's Secret - Wikipedia

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    Victoria's Secret was founded by Roy Raymond, and his wife, Gaye Raymond, on June 12, 1977. The first store was opened in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. Years earlier, Raymond was embarrassed when purchasing lingerie for his wife at a department store.