23 Amazing Stats and Facts about Ralph Lauren

1. About Ralph Lauren :

Ralph Lauren, is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his collection of rare automobiles.

2. Born on : October 14, 1939

3. Born Name : Ralph Rueben Lifshitz

4. Networth : US$6.9 billion

5. Siblings : He has two brothers and one sister. He is the youngest of four Siblings.

6. Before Ralph Lauren Corporation : From 1962 to 1964 he served in the United States Army; He worked as a Salesman for Brooks Brothers and Rivetz.

7. Ralph Lauren Corporation :

• He started the Ralph Lauren Corporation in 1967 with men’s ties.
• In 1968, Lauren named his first menswear line ‘Polo’ after his favorite sport. He worked out of a single “drawer” from a showroom in the Empire State Building and made deliveries to stores himself.
• By 1969, the Manhattan department store Bloomingdale’s sold Lauren’s men’s line exclusively.
• In 1971, Ralph Lauren Corporation launched a line of tailored shirts for women, which introduced the Polo player emblem to the world for the first time, appearing on the shirt’s cuff.
• In 1972, the Ralph Lauren Corporation introduced a signature cotton mesh Polo shirt in various colors. The tagline for the ad campaign was: “Every team has its color – Polo has seventeen.“
• In 1974, he outfitted the male cast of The Great Gatsby in costumes from his Polo line.
• In 1977, Diane Keaton and Woody Allen wore Lauren’s clothes throughout their Oscar-winning film, Annie Hall.

8. Current CEO of Ralph Lauren Corporation : Patrice Louvet

9. Fragrances : The first Ralph Lauren fragrances, produced by Warner-Lauren, Ltd. were launched at Bloomingdale’s in March 1978. This was the first time that a designer has introduced two fragrances – one for men and one for women.

10. In 1986, Ralph Lauren opened his first flagship in the Rhinelander mansion. On June 12, 1997, the company became a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

11. The 98-seat restaurant RL opened in March 1999 in Chicago in a newly constructed building adjacent to the largest Ralph Lauren store at the corner of Chicago and Michigan Avenues.

12. The company launched its website and online shop in 2000 as polo.com by RL Media (a cooperation between Ralph Lauren and NBC). In 2008, Ralph Lauren Corporation launched a brand called American Living, exclusively for JCPenney.

13. Lauren stepped down as CEO of the company in September 2015 but remains executive chairman and chief creative officer.

14. Lauren has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including Architectural Digest, GQ, Forbes, Town & Country, TIME and Vogue.

15. Lauren celebrated the 50th anniversary of his brand in a fashion show at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park on September 8, 2018.

16. Ralph Lauren Corporation Brand names : Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children and Chaps.

17. Spouse : On December 20, 1964, he married Ricky Ann Loew-Beer. She is the author of The Hamptons: Food, Family and History.

18. Children : They have three children (2 sons and one daughter). Andrew Lauren, who is a film producer and actor; David Lauren, who is executive vice president of Global Advertising, Marketing, and Communications at Ralph Lauren Corporation, and Dylan Lauren, who is a owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar.

19. His middle and youngest son David married Lauren Bush, the granddaughter of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.

20. In April 1987, Lauren underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor and made a full recovery.

21. Interests : Ralph Lauren is well known as a collector of automobiles, with about 100 automobiles, some being extremely rare. Seventeen cars from his collection were exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, in 2011. In 2017, Lauren’s now $350 million car collection took center stage during New York Fashion Week.

22. Philanthropy : Lauren stated in May 2014, “I hate when people call me philanthropic because I see it as more coming from the heart.”  For 30 years, Lauren has supported breast cancer research, cofounding Georgetown’s Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research in 1989.

23. Awards and Honours : In 1970, he was honored with the COTY Award for his menswear line. He was declared the Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur by Nicolas Sarkozy, in 2010. Forbes magazine listed him as the 162nd richest person in the world.