Rank #2010
Solomon Lew
Net worth $2.1B
Retail · Australia
- Born
- Mar 22, 1945
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Retail
- Residence
- Melbourne
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Solomon Lew chairs Melbourne-based Premier Investments, an apparel retailer.
- The company is the largest shareholder in Australian department store Myer and home appliance maker Breville.
- Premier's brands also include the Smiggle stationery store franchise aimed at children, and sleepwear label Peter Alexander.
- In 2025, Myer bought Premier's five apparel brands in exchange for new shares issued to Premier. This will create one of the largest retail and apparel companies across Australia and New Zealand.
- Following five apparel brands acquisition, Lew will join the board of Myer in April 2026.
- Lew says he always had an entrepreneurial mindset, working in retail after school and during holidays before opening his first apparel business on his 18th birthday.
- He was the first Australian to enter the World Retail Hall of Fame, in 2016, when he was inducted along with Jo Malone and Tommy Hilfiger.
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