Parent company: Limited Brands
Headquarters: Columbus
Employees: 90,000
The business: Run by CEO Leslie Wexner, Limited Brands owns Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, and other consumer stores.
Limited Brands (parent of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works) is rockin'. Earnings jumped 27% in the latest quarter, driven by the company's biggest brand, Victoria's Secret. Limited Brands was the most admired specialty-apparel retailer on Fortune's list last year.
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