Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993)[1] was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977.
[7] Raymond opened the first Victoria's Secret store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California.
[8] Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store.
"[14] The company earned $500,000 in its first year and Raymond started a mail order catalog and opened three stores in San Francisco.
[10][17][18] For approximately a year after the sale to Wexner, Raymond stayed on as president of Victoria's Secret while working towards the start of his next company, an upscale store for children called My Child's Destiny.
[10] The business catered to professional couples and sold computer games, imported dolls and expensive toys in a single store in San Francisco and through mail order catalogues.
He was last seen walking toward the bridge, and hours afterward, his body was found by the Coast Guard near the Marin County shoreline.