Sir Ralph Halpern married his second wife, Laura Blume in a year that wasn’t stated, but their marriage ended in a divorce in 2007.
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Blume is Halpern’s former secretary and in 2000, she gave birth to a son, who is Halpern’s second child. Halpern was 61 at the time.
Halpern had been married twice in his lifetime. His first wife, Joan Halpern, divorced him in 1999.
Who Was Sir Ralph Halpern?
Sir Ralph Halpern was a British-born entrepreneur, born on October 24, 1938.
His parents were Jewish and had moved to London after fleeing from the Nazis in the 1930s.
Halpern sat at the helm of affairs of the menswear retailer Burton Group from the late 1970s to 1991.
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Sir Ralph Halpern Career
Halpern was a management trainee in Burton Group in 1961 and had helped in creating Top Shop in 1964.
He rose through the ranks and became chief executive in 1978 and transformed the company into a retail empire.
The company grew with over 2,800 stores and employed over 60,000 people.
Under Halpern, the company’s net worth also grew to £1.8 billion, with brands including Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, Principles, Racing Green and Evans.
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