4-498: Weisfeld is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gerald Weisfeld (1940–2020), British businessman, founder of What Every Woman Wants Horatio Weisfeld , American writer, magazine editor, and publisher Irwin Weisfeld (1932–1968), American writer and bookseller See also [ edit ] Weinfeld [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
8-756: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Gerald Weisfeld Gerald Weisfeld (17 March 1940 – 13 January 2020) was a British businessman, and the founder of the What Every Woman Wants (WEWW) retail chain, which at one time had 130 stores in the UK. Weisfeld was born in London to a Jewish family, and left school aged 15 without any qualifications. Together with his wife Vera, Weisfeld started with one small shop in Glasgow , and grew What Every Woman Wants into 130 stores, before selling
12-413: The surname Weisfeld . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weisfeld&oldid=1064325056 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
16-505: The chain in 1990 for £50 million. In 1990, WEWW was sold to Brown & Jackson, and was later bought by Amber Day, run by Philip Green , and Weisfeld was later acrimoniously dismissed as chairman. Weisfeld had three children with his first wife. In December 2018, Weisfeld, aged 78 and suffering from dementia, became the first resident of Bothwell Castle Care Home, Glasgow. On 13 January 2020, Weisfeld died at age 79. This United Kingdom business-related biographical article
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