Les Wexner

Les Wexner founded and runs L Brands, a global retail empire that includes Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works.One of America's longest-serving CEOs, he has served as the company's CEO since founding the business more than five decades ago.Wexner got his start in 1963, when he used a $5,000 loan from his aunt to open The Limited, which sold only fast-moving items like shirts and pants.He bought Victoria's Secret for $1 million in 1982, when it was just a small, failing chain of lingerie shops in San Francisco.Today L Brands sells more than $12 billion worth of lingerie, soaps and candles annually across more than 3,000 stores around the world.He has donated nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to institutions in the state, including Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center.