About Gerald Weisfeld
Lived 1940 – 2020 (aged 79). Gerald Weisfeld was a British businessperson.
Gerald Weisfeld (17 March 1940 – 13 January 2020) was a British businessman, and the founder of the What Every Woman Wants (WEWW) retail chain, which at one time had 130 stores in the UK.
Weisfeld was born in London to a Jewish family, and left school aged 15 without any qualifications.
In 1990, WEWW was sold to Brown & Jackson, and was later bought by Amber Day, run by Philip Green, and Weisfeld was later acrimoniously dismissed as chairman.
Weisfeld had three children with his first wife.
Weisfeld died on 13 January 2020, aged 79. Vera Weisfeld died from cancer on 4 December 2025, at the age of 87.
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British businessman
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Gerald Weisfeld was born on 17 March 1940 in London.
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Gerald Weisfeld died on 13 January 2020.
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