RALPH LAUREN

EDUCATION

• attended Baruch College in Manhattan, where he studied business for two years

AWARDS

• Legion award (2010)
• Coty award (1970)

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He started getting into fashion when he found a tie. And wanted to design them. His boss said "the world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren." When he was 16. He got a drawer in the Empire State Building. Then he came up with the name polo. He chose polo because, he liked sports and said it represented an international sport and was a little more safisticated.

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Ralph Lauren took inspiration from the yearbooks of Princeton, Harvard and Yale, and from old photographs of prominent Americans, as well as his own personal idea of the images that represent the classic American heritage and the “sporting gentleman.” He went on to develop the largest lifestyle company in the world.

Polo expanded rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s, opening boutiques across the United States and abroad. In 1984, Lauren opened the flagship store in New York’s Rhinelander Mansion.

The success of Polo has earned Lauren a personal fortune estimated at $6.5 billion. This figure, if accurate, would make Lauren the 122nd richest person in the world.

Polo by Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Purple Label
Ralph Lauren
Black Label
Blue Label
Lauren by Ralph Lauren
Polo Jeans Co.
RRL
RLX
Rugby
Chaps
Club Monaco
Polo University
Polo Denim
Green Label
Silver Label