Don And Doris Fisher
The Gap was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by husband and wife Don and Doris Fisher.
They had seen a “gap” (pardon the pun) in the market for a store that specialized in men’s Levi jeans which could cater to all sizes. They also started to sell records and tapes to appeal to the youth market they were targeting.
The growth of the company was unbelievable as within three years, they were operating with 25 stores, and by 1975 they had gone public.
Gap’s extraordinary success continued throughout the rest of their lives as the couple was worth over $5 billion when Don sadly passed away in 2009 at the age of 81.
The business partners had three children together, Robert, William, and John, and are the epitome of the American Dream – building a successful business and family together from scratch and their story still serves us with inspiration to this day.