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Roy Raymond

1947 - 1993

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Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Raymond has received more than 2,471,746 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Roy Raymond is the 373rd most popular businessperson (down from 343rd in 2019), the 4,778th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,123rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 49.81

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roy Raymond ranks 373 out of 601Before him are Guy Laliberté, David Baszucki, Howard Schultz, Alexey Miller, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Louis Réard. After him are Wang Jianlin, Dieter Zetsche, Henry Luce, John Elkann, Tatsumi Kimishima, and Akio Toyoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Roy Raymond ranks 326Before him are Leszek Balcerowicz, Kim Campbell, Geoffrey Hinton, Horst Blankenburg, Stephen Collins, and Octavia E. Butler. After him are Joseph Daul, Theo de Jong, Nobuo Kawakami, Wenche Myhre, Samuel Schmid, and Lynn Anderson. Among people deceased in 1993, Roy Raymond ranks 137Before him are Emile Ardolino, Melchior Ndadaye, Andrée Brunet, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Fred Gwynne, and Robert Jacobsen. After him are Bertus Aafjes, Max August Zorn, Sam Wanamaker, Camargo Guarnieri, Guido del Mestri, and Masuji Ibuse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Raymond ranks 4,778 out of 18,182Before him are Elvin Hayes (1945), Demi Lovato (1992), Eugene Polley (1915), Gilbert Baker (1951), Tyler, the Creator (1991), and Fay Bainter (1893). After him are Edmund Randolph (1753), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Stephen Cook (1939), Robert Wisdom (1953), Norma Talmadge (1894), and Charles Brockden Brown (1771).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roy Raymond ranks 116Before him are Charles Koch (1935), Ray Dalio (1949), Dana White (1969), Linda McMahon (1948), Howard Schultz (1953), and Laurene Powell Jobs (1963). After him are John Elkann (1976), Sylvia Beach (1887), John Templeton (1912), Charles Yerkes (1837), Chris Hughes (1983), and Jamie Hyneman (1956).