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John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed the ...
Over 100 years ago our Founder, John Spedan Lewis, began an experiment into a better way of doing business by including staff in decision making on how the business would be run.
Aug 19, 2021 · Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has more in common with John Lewis than the latter’s son Spedan. The watchwords of the founder, a self-made man from Somerset, were “value” and “assortment”.
- Jonathan Guthrie
Mar 24, 2023 · John Spedan Lewis was one of many philanthropist business owners birthed by the Victorian era. Whether his desire to create a wealth structure that benefitted all came from a Christian faith or not, there is much to commend it, says George Pitcher.
John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London.
Jun 1, 2018 · John Spedan Lewis. I believe this letter, sent in July 1951 at the height of Spedan Lewis’s powers, casts some light on the way he cared for his employees. My father joined the Partnership in 1947 starting as the manager of Peter Jones Canteen and after four years was proposing to move on….
Founder John Lewis remained in control of the Oxford Street store until he died in June 1928, aged 92, having never fully retired. His passing enabled John Spedan to implement his ideas of Partnership, which first arose in 1929, enabling the staff to benefit from business profits.
