Nationality
British
CEO
Simon Wolfson (who is a Lord)
Sector / Main Business Area
Next is a British apparel and home products retailer and it often vies for the title of Britain’s largest clothing retailer with M&S, depending on how well (or badly) things are going
Listed / Private
Listed
Competitors
Include Jack Wills, M&S
Fun fact(s)/Brand(s)
Lord Wolfson has been Next’s chief exec since August 2001, when he was only 33. This made him the youngest chief exec of a FTSE100 company
Last reviewed/editedÂ
1st December 2020 PW