The OC 50...profiles of the county's most influential business people: Robert E. Gray From: Orange County Business Journal | Date: May 6, 2002| Author: Bellantonio, Jennifer | Copyright CBJ, L. P. May 6-May 12, 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ROBERT E. GRAY

Co-founder, Chairman, CEO, St. John Knits International Inc. Born in Minneapolis, Oct. 14, 1925 Lives in Newport Coast

Debonair patriarch never did get a chance to retire in 2001.

Company's coveted fashions have made Gray like a rock star among the socialite set.

The 76-year-old chairman reassumed chief executive's role last year after Hugh Mullins left just months after being appointed.

Mullins, an OC50er last year hailing from Neiman Ma...

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