India, April 22 -- A former CEO, who headed major clothing brands like Gap and J.Crew, has revealed the one respectful word he hated hearing from his employees throughout his career, according to CNBC Make It.

80-year-old Mickey Drexler, who is now the chairman of clothing brand Alex Mill, has said that throughout his career he made sure that his colleagues and employees addressed him like a regular person and used only his first name.

Revealing in a LinkedIn interview that he preferred to be on the same level as the people working around, Drexler said that he never let anyone address him as "mister".

"No one can call me 'mister.' I don't care who it is. Even in restaurants, I [tell people to call me] Mickey, that's it. I want them to ...