Allen Irving Questrom (born April 13, 1941 in

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...

), is a retired retailing executive. He served as CEO of

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, and

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. He is also a Senior Advisor of Lee Equity Partners, LLC. Allen graduated from

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in 1964. The following year, he joined

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as an executive trainee, eventually rising to merchandising manager. After eight years at A, & S., Allen joined

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in 1973, spending five years there as vice president and general merchandise manager and later as executive vice president. In 1978, Allen became president of Rich's. In February 1980, Questrom was named chairman and chief executive officer of Rich's, succeeding Joel Goldberg. Questrom resigned from Rich's for personal reasons in January 1984, and was succeeded as chairman and chief executive by president James M. Zimmerman. After spending the next several months traveling the world, Questrom was named chairman and chief executive officer of

in August 1984, succeeding Franklin Simon.

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