// High street king and Topshop founder Sir Ralph Halpern has passed away, aged 83
// The retail titan began his high street career at luxury department store retailer Selfridges
The creator of Topshop, retail tycoon Sir Ralph Halpern has died at the age of 83.
Halpern was the chief executive of the menswear retailer Burton Group from the late 1970s to early 1990s.
“Our father left an irreplaceable mark on the spirit of entrepreneurship and the UK’s retail landscape, and he did it in his own very special way,” Halpern’s daughter, Jenny Halpern Prince, told the Financial Times.
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The retail titan began his high street career at luxury department store retailer Selfridges before going on to oversee some of the UK’s biggest retailers.
In his time at Burton, Halpern transformed the retailer into an emporium of different brands, including the highly popular Topshop and Dorothy Perkins.
Arcadia Group collapsed into administration in November 2020, under the ownership of Sir Philip Green putting 13,000 jobs at risk.
At the time, Arcadia owned a number household names including Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Burton.
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