"Clearly we've had a tough and disappointing second quarter, " said Millard Drexler, Gap president and chief executive.

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In 1993 Chief Executive Millard Drexler rolled the dice with Old Navy, since opening 450 big, boisterous stores filled with cheap, almost disposable clothes.

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Founded on a shoestring in the 1970s by a California husband-and-wife team, Gap became a high-profile success story, and enjoyed rapid growth under the leadership of retailing maverick Millard Drexler.

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In a car ride downtown last October, Rosen is chatting with Millard "Mickey" Drexler, chairman and CEO of J.

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