Rank #1532
Bernard Lewis & family
Net worth $2.8B
Fashion retailer · United Kingdom
- Born
- Feb 10, 1926
- Age
- 100
- Source
- Fashion retailer
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bernard Lewis founded UK-based clothing retailer River Island Fashion in 1948; it now sells online and has stores in several European countries.
- The business had revenues in 2022 of over $900 million.
- His nephew Ben Lewis, who started as a store manager in 1990, serves as CEO.
- Lewis and his family are also investors in property development and private equity across UK, Europe, US, Caribbean and Thailand.
- Lewis launched his entrepreneurial career at age 20 by establishing a fruit & vegetable stall in a makeshift shack constructed on a bombsite in North London in 1946.
- In 2025, River Island faced severe financial pressures, prompting a restructuring plan to avert bankruptcy.