The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Polish Jew from Slonim, Poland (now in Belarus), and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from Yorkshire.
The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Belarusian Jew Marks in time: 125 years of Marks & Spencer. Weidenfield & Nicholson from Slonim, the Russian Empire (now in Belarus), and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from Yorkshire.