Mitchells

Jack Mitchell is an American businessperson, author, and motivational speaker.[1] He is the chairman of the Mitchells Family of Stores.[2][3] In 2005, he was included on Inc. magazine's list of 26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs.[4]

Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in 1961, and later obtained a master of arts in Chinese history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1963,[5] planning to become a diplomat in China-United States relations.[6]

The Mitchells Family of Stores was founded in 1958 as "Ed Mitchell's" by Mitchell's parents, Ed and Norma Mitchell.[7] The original Westport, Connecticut, shop had only 800 ft2 of space and five men's suit styles.[8] Jack joined the company in 1969.[8] The company acquired Richards of Greenwich, Connecticut in 1995, Marsh's of Long Island, New York,[3] in 2005 (now called Mitchells), Wilkes Bashford of San Francisco and Palo Alto in 2009, and Marios in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, in October 2015.

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