Les Wexner

I opened a store and it was successful.

And I was thinking about what other businesses I could start.

I said, well, I don't know anything about the shoe business.

You know, half the people in the world are men.

So maybe we could start a men's business.

I'm a man.

And I think men don't buy as much as women.

And I remember saying that all the women I know wear underwear most of the time.

All the women I know would like to wear lingerie all of the time.

And I'm just driving down the highway, laughing my butt off, and thinking, what a funny thought that is.

What's the difference between lingerie and underwear?

You know, men wear underwear, women wear underwear, but lingerie is emotional content.

And so I said, I wonder why no one's done that.

You're not treating me so well.

By nature, I'm an optimist.

I'm very open-minded and flexible.

So people say the older you get, you get set in your ways.

I don't think so.

You have to keep being curious.

I felt terribly constrained just by the family circumstance.