Beloved Footwear Executive Sonny Shar Dies at 86

Sonny Shar, the beloved footwear executive known for his sharp business acumen, genuine kindness and quick wit, died on March 21. He was 86.

Shar led British footwear giant Pentland Group Plc’s U.S. operations for 20 years and helped the firm gain a strong foothold in the American market.

But the quintessential family man certainly wasn’t a typical shoe dog. In 2014, when Shar was inducted into FN’s Hall of Fame, he said he could never have predicted his career path. “My wife...