Sam Fried

Sam Fried serves as Executive Vice President — Law, Policy & Governance of Limited Brands, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company based in Columbus, Ohio and New York, offering products sold internationally in multiple channels under the following brand names: Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, Henri Bendel, La Senza, Pink, Victoria’s Secret, and White Barn Candle Company. During Mr. Fried’s tenure, Limited Brands reinvented itself as a major brand builder and served as the incubator for other major and now independent retail brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Brylane, Express, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Justice, Lane Bryant, Lerner New York, Limited Stores, and Penhaligon’s. Limited Brands also created and incubated Alliance Data Systems, a leading credit card processor. Mr. Fried joined Limited Brands in 1991 as its first general counsel, where he remains responsible for all legal matters affecting the company He has long been a leader in Third Way politics and policies, including extensive work with the campaigns and Administration of President Bill Clinton. Mr. Fried began his career in 1974 with aBostonlaw firm, specializing in corporate securities and tax matters. From 1977 to 1981, he held senior legal and international finance positions with The Bendix Corporation, a multinational company serving the aerospace-electronics, automotive, forest products, and machine tool industries. From 1982 to 1987, he was Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Clevite Industries, a multinational company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of component parts for the transportation and general industrial markets. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Fried served as Vice President and General Counsel of Exide Technologies, the world’s oldest and largest manufacturer and distributor of automotive and industrial batteries. Throughout his career, Mr. Fried has counseled boards of directors of fast-paced, entrepreneurial, complex, and innovative organizations. He has led the negotiation of highly sophisticated business transactions and has managed high-stakes, complex litigation in both domestic and international contexts. Mr. Fried’s experience covers the full range of entrepreneurial enterprise, from start-ups, spin-offs, and workouts to mature businesses with dominant market share. Mr. Fried has been a leader and an innovator in numerous civic, religious, educational, and philanthropic organizations. He is also active in Democratic politics at the federal, state, and local levels and participated in the highest leadership ranks of presidential campaigns for over two decades. In addition, President Clinton publicly acknowledged Mr. Fried as the source of his administration’s major policy initiative to “put a human face on the global economy.” Mr. Fried continues to work on substantive issue development and fundraising for a number of leading political candidates and organizations. Mr. Fried is a member of theIllinois,Massachusetts,Michigan, andOhiobars. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of theUnited States. Mr. Fried received his A.B. (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) fromWashingtonUniversityin St. Louis and his J.D. (with honors) and Masters of Law in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, where he served as Symposium Editor of the Law Review. In addition, Mr. Fried is ordained as a rabbi by the Chief Rabbinate ofIsrael. Mr. Fried and his wife, Gigi, have five children and five grandchildren and reside inBexley,Ohio, andDelray Beach,Florida.