NEXT with TIGER 21 Podcast

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July 24, 2024

David Jaffe: Ascena Retail Group CEO on Scaling Family Business, Investing, and His Next Chapter

Host Michael Sonnenfeldt concludes Season 1 with a retail legend and world-changing philanthropist, TIGER 21 Member David Jaffe. David’s mother Roslyn founded Dressbarn in 1962. David joined the family business in 1992. Over 10 years of learning, then another 17 years as CEO, he took the company from $1 billion in sales all the way to $7 billion.  David built Dressbarn into Ascena Retail Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 retailer with eight distinct brands including Ann Taylor, Loft, Lane Bryant, Catherines, and Justice, with over 4,500 stores across the U.S. and Canada, employing 65,000 associates. In 2019, David transiti...

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