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92-704: In the early 1980s, Leslie Wexner founded two separate organizations designed to create strong leaders in Israel: The Wexner Heritage Foundation and the Wexner Graduate Fellowship. The Wexner Heritage Foundation created the Wexner Heritage Program to strengthen volunteer leaders. The Wexner Graduate Fellowship was created for emerging professional Jewish leaders. The Wexner Israel Fellowship was created for mid-career Israeli public officials. In

184-562: A "less frightening" phrase than the former. Luntz is the author of the 2007 New York Times Best Seller, "Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear." His second book, "What Americans Really Want ... Really: The Truth About Our Hopes, Dreams and Fears," climbed to #6 on the New York Times Business Best Sellers list. In March 2011, Luntz released his book,"Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business From Ordinary to Extraordinary". Luntz

276-573: A 'tax on death'? Luntz shared his findings with Republicans and included the phrase in the GOP's Contract with America. Luntz went so far as to recommend in a memo to GOP lawmakers that they stage press conferences 'at your local mortuary' to dramatize the issue. 'I believe this backdrop will clearly resonate with your constituents,' he wrote. 'Death is something the American people understand.' Apparently, he's right. Spurred by Luntz, Republicans have employed

368-821: A career as a professional leader in the North American Jewish community. More than 60 Field Fellows have engaged in the program since its inception. The Wexner Senior Leaders (2015) is an executive model leadership initiative and aspires to leverage The Wexner Foundation's long-established partnerships with the Israeli Government and Harvard University, with the goal of strengthening Israel's public service leadership. The program aims to strengthen skills and design strategies for leading trans-formative change, acquiring new tools for better decision-making, and developing strategies to be employed by some of Israel's most promising and influential senior leaders in

460-405: A commentator and analyst, as well as running focus groups during and after presidential debates on Fox News and CBS News . Luntz describes his specialty as "testing language and finding words that will help his clients sell their product or turn public opinion on an issue or a candidate." He is also an author of business books dealing with communication strategies and public opinion. Luntz

552-450: A decision not to use focus groups as part of our debate coverage. This decision had nothing to do with Frank's past work or politics." Luntz disagreed, believing that MSNBC "buckled to political pressure" from activist David Brock . Luntz was awarded the 2010 PolitiFact Lie of the Year award for his promotion of the phrase 'government takeover' to refer to healthcare reform , starting in

644-524: A few others. He's trying to find a legitimate, long-term effective solution to immigration that isn't the traditional Republican approach, and talk radio is killing him. That's what's causing this thing underneath. And too many politicians in Washington are playing coy. After the leak, Luntz announced that he would no longer fund a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. The scholarship, which

736-605: A group of wrestlers who are survivors of the Ohio State University abuse scandal publicly called on state and federal officials to conduct further inquiry into Maria Farmer's allegations of sexual assault at the Wexner property. The wrestlers called for accountability for the Wexner family's alleged involvement in Epstein's abuse and raised the issue of the continuing influence of Abigail and Leslie Wexner serving as

828-605: A major in business administration. While a student at Ohio State University, he joined the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity . Wexner served in the Air National Guard. He briefly attended the Moritz College of Law . Wexner began his retail career working in his parents' clothing store, "Leslie's", which had been named after him. According to Wexner, he began working at his parents' store so they could take

920-469: A major retail owner at malls in America. Most notably, he acquired the lingerie business Victoria's Secret in 1982. Started as an MBA project by Stanford graduate Roy Raymond , Victoria's Secret attracted Wexner's interest due to the unique, high quality merchandise and Victorian-era decor of the shop which featured red-velvet sofas. Wexner described Raymond as "very guarded", stating, "When I met him, it

1012-711: A majority in the House of Representatives in the 2014 mid-term elections. As part of his critique Luntz said: And they get great ratings, and they drive the message, and it's really problematic. And this is not on the Democratic side. It's only on the Republican side. ... [Democrats have] got every other source of news on their side. And so that is a lot of what's driving it. If you take—Marco Rubio's getting his ass kicked. Who's my Rubio fan here? We talked about it. He's getting destroyed! By Mark Levin, by Rush Limbaugh, and

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1104-597: A net worth of one billion USD or greater. Wexner purchased his New York property, the Herbert N. Straus House , in 1989 and sold it to Epstein in the mid-1990s following Wexner's marriage to Abigail. In July 1991, Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney and also instated him as a trustee on the board of the Wexner Foundation . Wexner has been accused of failing to take action when complaints were raised against Epstein, after executives of L Brands reported (in

1196-483: A positive sense, saying that if one reads George Orwell 's essay Politics and the English Language , "To be 'Orwellian' is to speak with absolute clarity, to be succinct, to explain what the event is, to talk about what triggers something happening… and to do so without any pejorative whatsoever." Luntz suggested that Orwell would not have approved of many of the uses of the term, given that his essay derides

1288-513: A primary issue in the debate, and defer to scientists and other experts in the field." In 2010, Luntz announced new research that shows the American people are eager for Congress to act on climate legislation that would promote US energy independence and a healthier environment. "Americans want their leaders to act on climate change—but not necessarily for the reasons you think," Luntz said. "A clear majority of Americans believe climate change

1380-465: A recruiter for Victoria's Secret prior to another alleged assault. In early 2006, Epstein was charged in Florida with "multiple counts of molestation and unlawful sexual activity with a minor". The New York Times reported that 18 months after the charges were filed, Wexner cut his ties with Epstein. In August 2019, following Epstein's second incarceration and prior to his death, Wexner addressed

1472-462: A second on April 17, 2023. Despite these challenges, he has consistently recovered and remained active in public analysis and media appearances. He has stated that he believes that stress over not forcefully speaking out enough against president elect Donald Trump is responsible for the life-threatening health consequences he has endured. Luntz frequently tests word and phrase choices using focus groups and interviews. His stated purpose in this

1564-491: A vacation. Wexner analyzed the sales and inventory, identifying the most and least profitable items. When his father refused to adjust the inventory, Wexner decided to open his own store. In 1963, Wexner's aunt lent him $ 5,000 which he combined with a matching loan from a bank in order to start The Limited . The store took its name from its focus on moderately priced merchandise, such as skirts, sweaters and shirts, that sold quickly and quickly generated revenue. Wexner opened

1656-706: A wildfire, the Skirball Fire , threatened and forced him to evacuate his home in 2017. In 2005, Luntz conducted a focus group broadcast on the Conservative leadership race on the BBC current affairs show Newsnight . The focus group's overwhelmingly positive reaction to David Cameron was seen by many as crucial in making him the favorite in a crowded field. Cameron was the eventual victor. In March 2007, Newsnight invited him back to gauge comparative opinions on Cameron, Gordon Brown and Sir Menzies Campbell in

1748-502: Is a freak." In an article in The New Yorker Luntz said, The way my words are created is by taking the words of others.... I've moderated an average of a hundred plus focus groups a year over five years... I show them language that I've created. Then I leave a line for them to create language for me. In a 2007 interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross , Luntz argued that the term " Orwellian " could be considered in

1840-606: Is an American political and communications consultant and pollster , best known for developing talking points and other messaging for Republican causes . His work has included assistance with messaging for Newt Gingrich 's Contract with America and public relations support for The Israel Project . He advocated use of vocabulary crafted to produce a desired effect, including use of the term death tax instead of estate tax , and climate change instead of global warming . Luntz has historically frequently contributed to Fox News and CBS News (and since 2021 on CNN ) as

1932-419: Is closing [against us] ... but not yet closed. There is still a window of opportunity to challenge the science. ... Voters believe that there is no consensus about global warming within the scientific community . Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. Therefore, you need to continue to make the lack of scientific certainty

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2024-434: Is happening. This is true of McCain voters and Obama voters alike. And even those that don't still believe it is essential for America to pursue policies that promote energy independence and a cleaner, healthier environment." In reference to recent political events, Luntz added: "People are much more interested in seeing solutions than watching yet another partisan political argument." On July 25, 2019, Luntz spoke in front of

2116-450: Is inaccurate to call the plan a government takeover." On April 25, 2013, The American Spectator , a conservative news outlet, published a scathing article about Luntz titled "The Problematic Frank Luntz's Stockholm Syndrome ". In fact, what Luntz has done is simply reveal the kind of thinking that goes on in the minds of too many on the right who, whether they realize it or not, have been intellectually and culturally bullied that there

2208-575: Is not responsible for what the Bush administration did after that time. Though he now believes humans have contributed to global warming , he maintains that the science was in fact incomplete, and his recommendation sound, at the time he made it. In a 2002 memo to President George W. Bush titled "The Environment: A Cleaner, Safer, Healthier America", obtained by the Environmental Working Group , Luntz wrote: "The scientific debate

2300-716: Is open to high school juniors and seniors to participate in a week-long service trip followed by a year of monthly volunteering and Jewish learning. A select group of Corps members can return for a second year to join the Senior Leadership Cohort (SLC). The Service Corps launched in June 2013 with an inaugural service trip to New York and has since served in New Orleans, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and most recently Houston. Columbus Jewish teens have cumulatively put in thousands of service hours into serving both

2392-595: Is some sort of 'right way'—'right' as in 'correct'—to think. Resulting in some conservatives who suffer from what might be called a political version of Stockholm Syndrome—where the captives identify with their captors. The article was a response to an April 22, 2013 leaked recording of Luntz at the University of Pennsylvania , where he said conservative radio personalities (specifically Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin ) were being "problematic" and "destroying" Republicans' ability to connect with more voters, or even maintain

2484-424: Is the goal of causing audiences to react based on emotion: "80 percent of our life is emotion, and only 20 percent is intellect. I am much more interested in how you feel than how you think. ... If I respond to you quietly, the viewer at home is going to have a different reaction than if I respond to you with emotion and with passion and I wave my arms around. Somebody like this is an intellectual; somebody like this

2576-620: Is the largest in the university's history. Through the L Brands Foundation, Wexner and L Brands contributed $ 163.4 million to the Columbus Foundation. On February 10, 2012, Ohio State University Medical Center officially changed its name to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University commemorating "Mr. Wexner's indelible, lifelong legacy of leadership at Ohio State", according to university president E. Gordon Gee, during over 30 years of "ardent support" of

2668-495: The Bush administration policy, it was his idea that administration communications reframe global warming as climate change since "climate change" was thought to sound less severe. The term "climate change" was not altogether new, as in 1956, the physicist Gilbert Plass published a seminal study called "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change", and in 1978 the journal Climatic Change debuted. Luntz has since said that he

2760-592: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict , and how to link Israel's interests with those of the United States. It was considered controversial since it was seen as a covert communication campaign for swaying the American public and showed a lack of good faith in resolving the conflict. In October 2018, Israeli reporter Erel Segal and news outlets such as mida had reported that $ 2.3 million had been transferred to Ehud Barak for unknown work between 2004 and 2006 by

2852-668: The United States House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis where he shared his advice to people pushing for action on the climate crisis. Furthermore, he stated that "I'm here before you to say that I was wrong in 2001", "That was a lifetime ago", and "I've changed." He promised to help the Democrats on the climate committee, provided that they put "policies ahead of politics" and commit to nonpartisan solutions. He had his change of heart after

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2944-600: The "biggest and best-known benefactors" of the university. L Brands shareholders filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of Delaware on January 14, 2021, stating that Wexner, among others, created an "entrenched culture of misogyny , bullying and harassment", and was aware of abuses being committed by Jeffrey Epstein, which breached Wexner's fiduciary duty to the company and devalued the brand. The complaint also names Wexner's wife, current chair Sarah E. Nash, and former marketing officer Ed Razek, whose "widely known misconduct"

3036-909: The "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom through educational exchange between British universities and the University of Pennsylvania . Luntz has appeared as a consultant or panel member on a number of television news shows, including The Colbert Report , Capital Gang , Good Morning America , Hannity , Hardball with Chris Matthews , Meet the Press , PBS NewsHour , Nightline , The O'Reilly Factor , Real Time with Bill Maher , and The Today Show . He has written op-eds for publications such as The Financial Times , The Los Angeles Times , The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and The Washington Post . In addition to his work in

3128-733: The 104th Sphinx Senior Class at Ohio State University on May 7, 2010. On February 10, 2012, the Ohio State University board of trustees voted to rename the Ohio State University Medical Center in honor of Wexner. Now, the medical center is known as the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center . Wexner hosted a fundraiser in 2012 for Mitt Romney and donated $ 250,000 to Restore Our Future , Romney's super PAC . In 2015, Wexner donated $ 500,000 to

3220-582: The 1990s, Abigail Wexner joined her husband in charting the Wexner philanthropic vision and their roles as chairmen. In 2003, the two foundations merged, and since then The Wexner Foundation has run its programs as a unified organization under the couple's leadership. The Foundation has also added new programs to expand upon its mission of strengthening Jewish leaders. Since 2013, The Wexner Foundation has launched four additional programs: Wexner Service Corps (2013), Wexner Field Fellowship (2013), Wexner Senior Leaders (2014), and The Wexner Summits (2015). The first of

3312-505: The 2022 midterms, the GOP will have between 233–240 House seats – outdoing their total from 1994. Republicans also will take control of the Senate, but that won’t be clear until Friday. Top issues for 2022 voters: 1. The economy 2. Inflation and rising prices 3. Crime... 6. Abortion... 10. Donald Trump. This year, Democrats ran on abortion and Trump while ignoring Americans' growing economic hardship." Instead, Republicans narrowly won control of

3404-497: The BBC's Daily Politics . Luntz predicted that the next election in 2015 would result in a hung parliament (it ultimately produced a Conservative majority government). In 2012, Luntz conducted a poll that found that sizable majorities of gun owners supported gun control measures such as mandatory criminal background checks, minimum age restrictions, and eligibility requirements for concealed weapon permits. In November 2011, during

3496-582: The Board of Trustees of Ohio State University from 1988 to 1997. In December 2005, Wexner was appointed to his second term and was elected chairman in 2009. It was announced in June 2012 that Wexner's chairmanship was to end, eight years before his appointment would have ended. On May 11, 2004, Wexner received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship at a dinner in Columbus. The award

3588-611: The Columbus community and the communities it visits. The Wexner Service Corps was inspired by Hannah Wexner and the mantle was taken up by her sister Sarah. The Wexner Field Fellowship (2013) is a special opportunity to grow as a Jewish professional, deepen your leadership skills, and develop a rich network of colleagues to support your career. Wexner Field Fellows Program in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation to provide opportunities for professional growth to promising Jewish professionals who plan to continue to pursue

3680-572: The Foundation established a grants program for academic institutions of all types to build and improve training programs for Jewish community professionals. Eventually, the Fellowship Program was expanded to include top candidates for academic Jewish studies and the cantorate. By the end of 2018, over 550 outstanding Jewish professional leaders from a wide array of religious affiliations and professional groupings will have participated in

3772-587: The House, but failed to win control of the Senate. In 1997, the American Association for Public Opinion Research , of which Luntz was not a member, criticized Luntz for refusing to release poll data to support his claimed results "because of client confidentiality". Diane Colasanto, who was president of the AAPOR at the time, said It is simply wanting to know, How many people did you question? What were

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3864-654: The Jewish world. In April 2003, a research report for the Wexner Foundation was leaked which was entitled Wexner Analysis: Israeli Communication Priorities 2003 . The document was prepared by the Luntz Research Companies and Israel Project . The document was a public relationship document which provided communication strategies for American supporters of Israel, especially those in the media, on how to sway US public opinion in favor of Israel in

3956-483: The Republican Party were, to which he responded, "You know, I don’t have a history of dodging questions. But I don’t know how to answer that. There is no consistent philosophy. You can’t say it’s about making America great again at a time of Covid and economic distress and social unrest . It’s just not credible." On election day in 2022, Nov. 8, Luntz tweeted his prediction: "When the dust settles from

4048-535: The Right to Rise USA super Pac that supported the 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush . The Columbus Dispatch reported on September 14, 2018, that Wexner had renounced his affiliation with the Republican Party due to changes in its nature. Wexner made his comment shortly after former President Barack Obama gave a speech on the same Columbus Partnership panel that Wexner addressed. Luntz Research Companies Frank Ian Luntz (born February 23, 1962)

4140-465: The United States, Luntz also provides analysis for British news programmes such as Newsnight . He was an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1989 until 1996 and also taught at George Washington University and Harvard University as well as NYU Abu Dhabi campus for January terms. Luntz has experienced multiple strokes, which he has openly discussed in several interviews. The first occurred on January 10, 2020, followed by

4232-631: The Wexner Foundation is Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson. In October 2023, the Wexner Foundation announced the severance of its ties with Harvard University , due to the university's lax response to the massacre in the surprise attack on Israel . And also following Harvard University's refusal to reveal students from the university who supported Hamas . The Wexner Foundation consists of seven core leadership programs: Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Wexner Israel Fellowship, Wexner Heritage Program, Wexner Field Fellowship, Wexner Senior Leaders, Wexner Service Corps, and The Wexner Summits. The Wexner Heritage Program (1985)

4324-548: The Wexner Foundation website, is "to provide Israel's next generation of public leaders with advanced training in public management and leadership development, thus enhancing the quality of democracy and the institutional vitality of Israel's public sector." The Wexner Foundation headquarters are located in New Albany, Ohio . Smaller Wexner Foundation offices can be found in New York City and Israel . The president of

4416-486: The Wexner Foundation, releasing a written statement that his former financial advisor, Jeffrey Epstein, had "misappropriated vast sums of money" from him and from his family. Wexner retained the services of Debevoise & Plimpton criminal defense attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Mary Jo White . Wexner faced additional public scrutiny in late 2019 and early 2020, when

4508-437: The Wexner Foundation, which had described the money transfer as payment for research. On October 29 Maariv (through its Israeli radio station) reported that Barak had been given the funds while he was a private citizen and the fund transfer is under investigation. However, on November 6 a call for investigation by the attorney general of Israel had been filed. The following day, it was reported that contrary to initial claims,

4600-626: The Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program was founded by the Wexner Foundation. It awards scholarships to 20 exceptional individuals in North America who wish to obtain degrees in Jewish education, Jewish leadership, rabbinical studies, or cantorate studies. The mission of this program is "to encourage promising candidates to successfully meet the challenges of professional Jewish leadership in the North American Jewish community." The Wexner Israel Fellowship Program

4692-538: The Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program. The Wexner Israel Fellowship Program (1989) annually selects up to 10 outstanding mid-career Israeli public officials to study for a master's degree in the mid-career program of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The goal of the fellowship is to provide Israel's next generation of public leaders with advanced leadership and public management training. By

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4784-432: The Wexner funds had been transferred to Barak while he may not have been a private person. Jeffrey Epstein , the American financier and convicted sex offender, was a trustee of the foundation from 1992 to 2007. Epstein, according to The New York Times , held "an unusually strong hold on Mr. Wexner," and "[h]eld the title of President of the Wexner family financial office." Still, an 18-page "independent" review conducted by

4876-422: The appointment of Foundation officers and trustees" (according to Kegler), was the foundation also questionably led in ways similar to how Wexner enabled (to use Yehuda Kurtzer's words) "many of the behaviors that we keep reading about that took place in some of the companies under Les' leadership"? Leslie Wexner Leslie Herbert Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman,

4968-569: The city of Birmingham . Luntz led a focus group telecast with the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ to gather the opinions of the Irish people before the May 24, 2007 general elections. RTÉ hoped to show viewers some of the campaign techniques the political parties were using without their knowledge. Another focus group of swing voters was analysed by Luntz in the lead-up to the November 2007 poll between

5060-400: The co-founder and chairman emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (formerly Limited Brands). Wexner retained Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007 and was initially the "main client" of Epstein’s money-management firm, according to Bloomberg . Epstein ran his business out of a house Wexner owned and sometimes resided in while Advisor of Victoria's Secret. Wexner

5152-419: The contention and argumentation of voters after the 2012 presidential election and, at the time of the interview for the article, was in psychological turmoil: "Something in his psyche has broken, and he does not know if he can recover." As a result, in 2014, after Obama won, he sold the majority of shares of his polling business, LuntzGlobal. In August 2020, Luntz was asked what the defining principles of

5244-545: The end of 2018, 260 Israeli public officials will have participated in the Israel Fellowship, including leaders who have gone on to become Directors General of government ministries, Generals and Commanders in the Israeli military, and top advisors to Prime Ministers. The Wexner Service Corps (2013) is a program designed to inspire and unite Columbus-area Jewish teens to engage in service-learning. The Service Corps

5336-589: The end of the event, citing the growing number of equestrian competitions. Wexner has owned the mid-18th century Foxcote House in Warwickshire, England, since 1997. George W. Bush appointed Wexner to serve in the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008. Wexner was inducted as an honorary member of

5428-649: The first store on August 10, 1963, in the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio , a suburb of Columbus. One year later, Wexner's parents closed their store and joined their son in running The Limited. He opened the second Limited store in August 1964. He took Limited Brands public in 1969, listed as LTD on the NYSE . A. Alfred Taubman served as a mentor for Wexner, starting in

5520-492: The foundation's core programs was founded in 1985. Leslie Wexner and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman , the former CEO of the National United Jewish Appeal, established the Wexner Heritage Program. This program's mission statement, according to the Wexner Foundation website, is "to educate Jewish communal leaders in the history, thought, traditions, and contemporary challenges of the Jewish people." In 1988,

5612-682: The height of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Luntz had a meeting with the Republican Governors Association to discuss how to respond to the Occupy movement. He was quoted as saying: "I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death. They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism." According to a 2014 article in The Atlantic , Luntz became frustrated with

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5704-587: The history, thought, traditions and contemporary challenges of the Jewish people". In 1991, Wexner formed with billionaire Charles Bronfman the Study Group , which is more widely known as the Mega Group. The group was a loosely organized club of some of the country's wealthiest and most influential businessmen who were concerned with Jewish issues. Max Fischer , Michael Steinhardt , Leonard Abramson , Edgar Bronfman , and Laurence Tisch were some of

5796-797: The institution. On January 23, 1993, Wexner married Abigail S. Koppel, an attorney. The couple have four children. Formerly of the Bexley area, Wexner now lives in New Albany, a community northeast of Columbus. He owns a 30-room, $ 47 million, Georgian -inspired estate, on nearly 336 acres (1.36 km ), that was built in 1990. The estate was, for 20 years, the location of the Annual New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day (an equestrian show) benefiting The Center for Family Safety and Healing. In February 2018, Abigail Wexner announced

5888-403: The international community. For example, when discussing the contours of a two-state solution , the report advised describing Palestinian negotiating points as "demands" because Americans dislike people who make "demands." The report was marked "not for distribution or publication", but it was leaked to Newsweek shortly after it was written. Although Luntz later tried to distance himself from

5980-827: The law firm Kegler, Brown — like Wexner's entities also based in Columbus, Ohio — stated that "Epstein Played No Meaningful Role in the Foundation’s Budget, Finances or Accounting Processes" and that "Epstein Played No Role in the Operation of the Foundation’s Fellowships or Other Programs." This report raised its own separate yet interrelated questions about Wexner's and the foundation's leadership and oversight by alumni and graduates. If trustees such as Epstein "signed actions authorizing

6072-476: The leader just barely scraped in, Bertie Ahern, because the economy was so good. But the big difference there was the opposition leader was not as good as Kevin Rudd." Luntz was brought in to conduct his research in a collaborative effort by Sky News Australia and The Australian newspaper. During the 2010 UK general election, Luntz led focus groups during the Prime Ministerial debates between Gordon Brown , David Cameron and Nick Clegg , and also appeared on

6164-477: The list. He was a major funder of the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University, which is named in honor of his father. Wexner explained that because "growing up, my folks moved around a lot, and I never got a good Jewish education", he felt unprepared to take leadership roles in the Jewish community. So, in 1985, he joined Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman to establish the Wexner Foundation's first core program, aimed "to educate Jewish communal leaders in

6256-462: The longest serving CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He was on Harvard Business Review’s Top 100 Best Performing CEOs in the World, ranked number 11 in 2015, and number 34 in 2016. In February 2020, Wexner announced that he was transitioning from CEO of L Brands into the role of chairman emeritus. Wexner hired Jeffrey Epstein as his financial manager from 1987 to 2007. He was the primary client of Epstein, who claimed to only work with clients with

6348-452: The members. The group would meet twice a year for two days of seminars related to the topic of philanthropy and Judaism. In 1998, Steven Spielberg spoke about his personal religious journey. The group, which Wexner co-chaired with Charles Bronfman, went on to inspire a number of philanthropic initiatives such as the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education , Birthright Israel , and the upgrading of national Hillel . Wexner served on

6440-455: The mid 1960s, and the two partnered on many deals involving Taubman's shopping malls . Wexner expanded The Limited considerably in the 1970s, having opened the 100th store in 1976. He took on significant debt in 1978 to purchase the importer and manufacturer Mast Industries, which provided him with essential business advantages over competitors. In the 1980s, Wexner doubled his retail holdings by purchasing other companies and became known as

6532-482: The mid-1990s) that Epstein was abusing his power and connection to Wexner by posing as a recruiter for Victoria's Secret models. Maria Farmer contacted local and federal authorities about an assault she allegedly endured by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell while working as an artist-in-residence on Wexner's Ohio property in 1996. Within a year of Farmer's complaint, actress Alicia Arden filed a police report in Los Angeles detailing that Epstein had misrepresented himself as

6624-446: The oil—they're two different things, aren't they?" James L. Martin, chairman of the conservative 60 Plus Association , described Luntz's role as being that of pollster and popularizer of the phrase "death tax." Martin gained an important ally in GOP pollster Frank Luntz, whose polling revealed that 'death tax' sparked voter resentment in a way that 'inheritance tax' and 'estate tax' couldn't match. After all, who wouldn't be opposed to

6716-401: The pictures, that doesn't look like my definition of drilling—it looks like my definition of exploring—then don't you think we should be calling it what people see it to be, rather than adding a political aspect to it all?" Terry Gross responded, "Should we be calling it what it actually is, as opposed to what somebody thinks it might be? The difference between exploration and actually getting out

6808-623: The public sector. The program prepares a select cohort each year to exercise collaborative leadership within and across organizations and sectors. To date, more than 120 executives have taken part in the Senior Leaders program. The Wexner Summits provide a space for Alumni and Network Members to work together to identify common goals and values. Commitments and work that emerge from the Summits aim to strengthen our individual and collective efforts to provide answers for controversial issue in

6900-582: The questions? We understand the need for confidentiality, but once a pollster makes results public, the information needs to be public. People need to be able to evaluate whether it was sound research. In 2000 he was censured by the National Council on Public Polls "for allegedly mischaracterizing on MSNBC the results of focus groups he conducted during the [2000] Republican Convention." In September 2004, MSNBC dropped Luntz from its planned coverage of that year's presidential debate, saying "[W]e made

6992-536: The ruling Coalition and the opposition Labor party. Luntz noted that, like the Irish scenario, the Coalition was well established, presiding over the country for 11 years and overseeing continued economic growth for much of that period; and that unlike the lead-up to the Irish elections, Australia had a stronger and more popular opposition leader in Kevin Rudd : "This is much closer to the Irish election where

7084-534: The spring of 2009. " 'Takeovers are like coups,' Luntz wrote in a 28-page memo. 'They both lead to dictators and a loss of freedom. ' " In an editorial response, the Wall Street Journal wrote that "PolitiFact's decree is part of a larger journalistic trend that seeks to recast all political debates as matters of lies, misinformation and 'facts,' rather than differences of world view or principles." The editors of PolitiFact announced "We have concluded it

7176-473: The successful mayoral campaigns of Rudolph Giuliani in New York City. In December 2008 to January 2009, Luntz wrote a report titled " The Israel Project's 2009 Global Language Dictionary ". It was commissioned by The Israel Project and meant to advise media spokespeople to use specific language that Luntz believed would create a more favorable impression of Israel in the United States and the rest of

7268-419: The term "energy exploration" to refer to oil drilling. His research on the matter involved showing people a picture of current oil drilling and asking if in the picture it "looks like exploration or drilling." He said that 90 percent of the people he spoke to said it looked like exploring. "Therefore I'd argue that it is a more appropriate way to communicate." He went on to say, "if the public says after looking at

7360-414: The term 'death tax' so aggressively that it has entered the popular lexicon. Nonpartisan venues like newspapers and magazines have begun to use it in a neutral context—a coup for abolitionists like Martin. In a confidential memo to the Republican party, Luntz is credited with advising the Bush administration that the phrase "global warming" should be abandoned in favour of "climate change", which he called

7452-487: The use of cliché and dying metaphors. Luntz's description of his job revolves around exploiting the emotional content of language. "It's all emotion. But there's nothing wrong with emotion. When we are in love, we are not rational; we are emotional. ... my job is to look for the words that trigger the emotion. ... We know that words and emotion together are the most powerful force known to mankind." Additionally in his 2007 interview on Fresh Air , Luntz discussed his use of

7544-645: Was Pat Buchanan 's pollster during the 1992 U.S. Republican presidential primary , and later that year served as Ross Perot 's pollster in the general election . Luntz also served as Newt Gingrich 's pollster in the mid-1990s for the Contract with America . During that time, he helped Gingrich produce a GOPAC memo that encouraged Republicans to "speak like Newt" by describing Democrats and Democratic policies using words such as "corrupt," "devour," "greed," "hypocrisy," "liberal," "sick," and "traitors." In 1993 and 1997 Luntz served as pollster and strategist for

7636-414: Was a contemporary of future British Prime Minister Boris Johnson . Luntz's doctoral thesis formed the basis for his first book, Candidates, Consultants, and Campaigns: The Style and Substance of American Electioneering . published in 1988. Luntz's studies at Oxford were funded by The Thouron Award , a scholarship established in 1960 by Sir John R.H. Thouron and Esther du Pont Thouron to strengthen

7728-722: Was allegedly allowed at the company. He was profiled in New York Magazine in August 1985, where he felt he had a dybbuk , a spirit from Jewish folklore. He said the spirit continually poked him to succeed, and that it looked like himself. In 2022, Wexner was mentioned in the pop song " Victoria's Secret ", for profiting off women and contributing to their toxic body ideals. When Jax sings that "I know Victoria's secret, and girl, you wouldn't believe. She's an old man who lives in Ohio making money off of girls like me", she refers to Wexner. Wexner's relationship with Epstein

7820-462: Was as if he met the devil." Six months later, when Raymond was facing bankruptcy, he contacted Wexner and offered to sell Victoria's Secret. Wexner bought the company for $ 1 million, and by 1992 it was worth an estimated $ 1 billion. After Wexner assumed ownership, Victoria's Secret became widely known for marketing its items with the use of super models featured in an annual fashion show , overseen by Ed Razek . By 2015, sales were in decline and 2018

7912-491: Was born and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut , the son of Phyllys ( née  Kelmenson ) and Lester Luntz, who together wrote the first American forensic dentistry textbook. His family is Jewish. He graduated from Hall High School , earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania , and received a doctorate in politics from Trinity College, Oxford where he

8004-662: Was born in Dayton, Ohio , on September 8, 1937, to parents Bella née Cabakoff (1908–2001) and Harry Louis Wexner (1899–1975). Both his parents were of Russian-Jewish origin. His father was born in Russia and his mother was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . She moved to Columbus, Ohio as a toddler. Wexner has a younger sister, Susan. Wexner attended Bexley High School and Ohio State University . He initially expressed an interest in architecture but graduated in 1959 with

8096-465: Was created in 1989. It is a partnership between the Wexner Foundation and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government . The program annually selects up to 10 Israeli public officials and/or nonprofit leaders to participate in leadership seminars while they pursue a mid-career Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at the Kennedy School. The goal of this program, according to

8188-532: Was designed to provide young North American Jewish volunteer leaders with a two-year intensive Jewish learning program, deepening their understanding of Jewish history, values, and texts and enriching their leadership skills. By the end of 2018, 2,025 North American Jewish leaders from 34 cities will have participated in the program. The Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program (1988) was created for outstanding rabbinical students and graduate students in Jewish education and Jewish communal service programs. In its early years,

8280-632: Was one of the subjects of the 2022 Hulu documentary Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons . In 1989, Wexner and his mother Bella were the first to make a $ 1 million personal donation to the United Way . Both of their names were inscribed in marble and are on display in the lobby of the United Way Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia . Wexner was listed by Forbes in 2017, the wealthiest of seven billionaires from Ohio who made

8372-744: Was presented by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC . On February 16, 2011, Wexner pledged a donation of $ 100 million to Ohio State, to be allocated to the university's academic Medical Center and James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, with additional gifts to the Wexner Center for the Arts and other areas. This gift

8464-893: Was the final year for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . In 1993, Wexner hired Len Schlesinger , a Harvard Business School professor, whom he later appointed as a company director, to advise him. Over the years, Wexner built L Brands, a retailing and marketing conglomerate that included Victoria's Secret, Pink (Victoria's Secret for teens), Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel , The White Barn Candle Company, and La Senza . Previous brands that were spun off include Lane Bryant , Abercrombie & Fitch , Lerner New York , The Limited Too (now Tween Brands, Inc.), Structure 9, Aura Science, The Limited (which closed its brick-and-mortar stores while retaining its online presence), and Express (which closed its Canadian stores and hundreds of its U.S.-based stores). In 2012, CNN Money described Wexner as

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