Sir Ralph Halpern Net Worth At Death

Late Topshop creator Ralph Halpern, had a net worth of approximately $5 million at the time of his death.

Who Was Sir Ralph Halpern?

Sir Ralph Halpern is 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.

He had been married twice in his lifetime. His first wife, Joan Halpern, divorced him in 1999; and his second wife, Laura Blume divorced him in 2007).

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.