Victor Jules Barnett (1933 – September 20, 2024) was a British-American businessman, executive chairman of Burberry, and member of the Wolfson family.
[2] Barnett began his career managing what was then the fledgling American operation of Burberry, a subsidiary of his family's retail conglomerate Great Universal Stores (GUS).
[3][4] Barnett then returned to help manage the family business, GUS, joining his cousins Leonard and David Wolfson on the group's board of directors and executive committee.
At Burberry, Barnett led a reorganization of the company, hiring Rose Marie Bravo as chief executive,[6] renegotiating deals with Burberry's Japanese licensees, acquiring their licensee in Spain, and driving major real estate purchases including its flagship stores on New Bond Street and East 57th Street.
[10] Following his retirement from GUS and Burberry, Barnett bought pharmaceutical company Shaklee with his younger son Roger and joined the board of Grey Global Group.