Doris Fisher

Doris F. Fisher is an American billionaire businesswoman, who co-founded The Gap clothing stores with her late husband, Donald Fisher in 1969.

• Doris Fisher cofounded clothing retailer Gap in 1969 with her husband, Don (d. 2009), after the couple struggled to find jeans that fit him.
• The couple raised $63,000 to open their first store, which sold jeans and music, in San Francisco.
• Doris Fisher served as the company’s merchandiser from the day it opened until 2003 and sat on Gap’s board until 2009.
• In early 2019, Gap announced it would spin off Old Navy into a separate public company.
• The 1953 Stanford economics graduate cofounded the KIPP Foundation, which supports public charter schools, donating $15 million.