Doris F. Fisher

Doris F. Fisher  (née Feigenbaum; born 1931) is an American billionaire businesswoman, who co-founded The Gap clothing stores with her late husband, Donald Fisher in 1969.

Early life
Born Doris Feigenbaum to a Jewish family in 1931, she is the daughter of Dorothy Bamberger of New York and B. Joseph Feigenbaum. She had two siblings: Ann F. Rossi and Joseph L. Feigenbaum.

Career
Fisher is a noted art devotee. She loaned the collection she and her husband spent their lives collecting, which consists of 1,100 works by 185 artists, including Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, and Richard Serra, to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which, with her support, is now the largest modern art museum in the U.S.

She has been named as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes Magazine. She has served as a trustee of Stanford University, her alma mater.

Political views

In 2019, it was revealed that Doris together with her sons Robert J. Fisher, William S. Fisher, and John J. Fisher had donated nearly $9 million to a dark money group which opposed Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

Personal life
She was married to Don Fisher and was a long-time member of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. Their three sons – Robert J. Fisher, William S. Fisher, and John J. Fisher – continue to manage the business.

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