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 ==== Early life ====
-Wexner was born in [[united_states:ohio:Dayton]], [[united_states:Ohio]] on September 8, 1937.((//Leslie H. Wexner.// (2021, February 19). Academy of Achievement. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104180928/https://achievement.org/achiever/leslie-h-wexner/)) His parents, [[Harry Wexner|Harry]] and [[Bella Wexner]], were both of Russian-Jewish origin. His father was born in [[Russia]]; his mother was the first member of her immigrant family to be born in the [[United States]].
+Wexner was born in [[united_states:ohio:Dayton]], [[united_states:Ohio]] on September 8, 1937.((//Leslie H. Wexner.// (2021, February 19). Academy of Achievement. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104180928/https://achievement.org/achiever/leslie-h-wexner/)) His parents, [[Harry Wexner|Harry]] and [[Bella Wexner]], were both of Russian-[[judaism|Jewish]] origin. His father was born in [[Russia]]; his mother was the first member of her immigrant family to be born in the [[United States]].
 After working for a number of major department stores, the elder Wexners opened a small clothing store of their own in Columbus, Ohio named Leslie’s.
+==== Career ====
+Leslie graduated from [[Ohio State University]] with a business degree and served in the [[Air National Guard]] before returning to [[united_states:ohio:Columbus]] to consider his career options.
+=== Victoria's Secret ===
+Wexner purchased [[Victoria’s Secret]], a small [[united_states:california:San Francisco]] chain headed into bankruptcy, from [[Roy Raymond]] in 1982 for $1 million.
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