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Les Wexner<\/em><\/h2>\n

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by Jack Long<\/em><\/h3>\n

This audio project was produced in Jack Long\u2019s role as Special Project Director.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Leslie Wexner is Ohio State\u2019s most prolific donor.<\/span><\/p>\n

From a $5 donation in 1962 to his $100 million gift to the medical center in 2011, Wexner has given more than $200 million to the university. And the Wexner family name adorns buildings and programs across Ohio State\u2019s campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It all started in 1963, when Wexner opened a single store in Upper Arlington, Ohio, called The Limited, selling women\u2019s skirts and shirts. His stores would be built across the country and The Limited would turn into L Brands, the mother company to Victoria\u2019s Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works.<\/span><\/p>\n

For decades, Wexner has been a mainstay in the development and growth of Columbus and Ohio State. He is considered a titan of the city and worked closely with former industry titans Jack Kessler, a residential real estate developer, and John Wolfe, former publisher of the Columbus Dispatch who died in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in the past two years, Wexner has had to distance himself from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, patch a sinking Victoria\u2019s Secret and step down as CEO of L Brands \u2014 a position he held for 57 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now in his early 80s, what\u2019s left for Wexner?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Credit: Tribune News Service<\/p>\n

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