#46 · Rising 30 · Enterprise & Growth
Simon Wolfson Lord Wolfson
Chief Executive, Next plc
OTA Power Score
53
of 100
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Chief Executive of Next plc since 2001. Life peer; one of the longest-serving and most respected retail CEOs in the UK.
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