Sidney Kimmel

About Sidney Kimmel

Sidney Kimmel founded apparel company Jones Group more than four decades ago; it owned brands including Stuart Weitzman and Nine West.

In 2014, he sold the company for $2.2 billion to private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

His production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment was responsible for movies including ?The Place Beyond The Pines? and ?Crazy Rich Asians,? before he sold a majority stake in 2022 to London-based investment firm Centricus.

Kimmel has donated more than $200 million to Thomas Jefferson University over the past two decades, much of which has gone to cancer research.