Mike Jeffries

Business Executive

Birthday July 15, 1944

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Oklahoma

Age 79 years old

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About

Businessman who served as the CEO of the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. He was one of the highest-paid CEO's in the retail industry before negative publicity and increasingly poor sales forced him to resign in 2014.

Before Fame

He graduated from the Columbia Business School in 1968 and later founded the women's wear brand Alcott & Andrews.

Trivia

He came under fire in 2006 for his statements that he does not want unattractive people to wear Abercrombie & Fitch and that the brand was only for "cool" people.

Family Life

He married Susan Marie Isabel Hansen, with whom he has a son named Andrew.

Associated With

He and GAMCO CEO Mario Gabelli both attended Columbia Business School.