The 72-year-old made 20m in the last year. Computacenter plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom. According to Tatler magazine, the Duke of Rutlands three daughters, Lady Alice, Lady Eliza and Lady Violet Manners would top any list of party invitees, guaranteed to liven up any function. Within three months, an internet poker group took a stake valuing it at 100 million. It is one of the UKs largest computer businesses providing services to both public and private sectors. Peter founded Computacenter with Philip Hulme in 1981 and was Chairman of the Company until 1998, when he became a Non-Executive Director. The company offers endpoint, infrastructure, cyber security, information security management, and identity and access management solutions; network solutions, including local area and datacentre network, smart infrastructure, and audio-visual solutions; and datacentre solutions, such as enterprise computing, hybrid cloud, data and storage management, and analytics and big data. The takeover created the biggest home-builder in Britain. Knighthood for hero of poor but bright kids, Charity Commission: Registered Charity No. He has sat on the boards of several other companies including National Express, Big Yellow Group, Wembley Stadium and Trinity Mirror. He is also a board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. From equestrian clothing to pink spotted wellies (Joules has sold more than 1.5 million pairs of them) the Joules brand has become the must-have of the county set and lots of other people besides. Crown Crest is profitable despite a tough trading environment which has taken its toll on the wholesale side of the business. The discount store business and associated companies run by the Tayub family turned over close to 430 million last year with a 2.4 million profit. The family also manages The Manners Arms, a country hotel and restaurant on the Belvoir Estate. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 59, is chairman of the club, while his son Aiyawatt is vice-chairman. Irish-born Freddie who has a reputation for hard work became a director and inherited her stake in the company on the death of her uncles in the 1990s. He stepped down as chairman and became a non-executive director. Four generations on and Samworth Brothers employs around 8,500 people in the Midlands and Cornwall. The track is also home to what was Tom Wheatcrofts pride and joy the worlds largest collection of Formula 1 racing cars which he has assembled over many years. Simon Fuller David Beckham (left) with Simon Fuller (right) (Image: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) 2020 Ranking: 300 After it de-merged its Talk Talk broadband and telecoms operation, it merged with Dixons in 2014 to form Dixons Carphone. It sold so well they were quickly asking for more and the brand was established. Profits grew 27 per cent to 46 million in the year to January 2016, with sales rising to 928 million. Sir Peter is a Governor of Westminster School and a Patron of SHINE (Support and Help In Education). The donation was made through the charitable David Wilson Foundation which was founded in 1995. They went on to acquire the London Hippodrome nightclub off Leicester Square once run by Peter Stringfellow and transformed the 115 year-old grade II listed building into a casino. [6], Ogden co-owns MotorSport Vision with former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer. The house is surrounded by Elizabethan terraced gardens overlooking the River Wye. John Bloors son Adrian is chief executive of Bloor Homes, having previously been chairman of the operations southern region. Now, more than 40 years later, they are running a business which has seen steady expansion. Last updated: 1 January 2023 at 11:00am EST. Graham de Zille is the man behind the Amnesia series of super-yachts, which are built by Italian custom yacht manufacturer Benetti. Meanwhile, Peter set up Opus Trust, a marketing, print and mailing business based on the Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate, in Leicester. It won an IBM dealership and was promoted by IBM as one of its chosen few dealers. They live close to one another in the capital. Computacenter plc provides information technology (IT) infrastructure services in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United America, and internationally. There are ambitious plans for Poundstretcher, with more than 400 stores and more in the pipeline, plus theres an online store. The company is also a patron of the Princes Trust and supports the Princes Countryside Fund. Last updated: 1 August 2022 at 11:00am EST. Grainger runs Cromwell as a stand-alone business. Their father, the Duke of Rutland David Charles Robert Manners inherited his title when his father died in 1999. Their first superstore opened in Rotherham in 1991. Peter, 65, also has a London-based specialist wine business, importing wines and distributing them to restaurants, retailers and private customers throughout the UK. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth The companys product range is no longer restricted to clothing, and includes bedding, towels, home accessories, kitchen and garden accessories and pet beds. The 58 year-old Duke became the 11th Duke of Rutland. The 54 year-old was educated at Gateway School, Leicester, where he was described as a star pupil. They also own a wine and spirit import and export business. He has numerous directorships and charitable causes to keep him busy, as well as being chairman of the National Theatre and a governor of The Wellcome Trust. The Market Harborough company behind the lifestyle brand floated on the AIM market last year in a 144 million listing, which netted Tom Joule more than 40 million. Edelin Davis, 82, owns a two per cent stake in the company, with the rest held in a family trust. The company sold 357 homes in 2016, up from 280 the year before. Smaller, older shops have been closed but new ones have opened in prominent out-of-town locations. The Lornamead portfolio grew to include such household names as Harmony hairspray, Lypsil lip balm and Vosene shampoo. The company has net assets of more than 166 million. He sold two pharmaceutical companies in 1999 netting more than 50 million. Turnover was slightly down at 66 million as the business withdrew from contracting to concentrate on its own private house-building business. Measham-based Bloor Homes was established in 1969 and is building houses at a rate of more than 2,000 a year everything from one-bedroom apartments to seven-bedroom luxury homes. The decision by Will and his parents to float Dunelm on the London Stock Exchange for 340 million seems a shrewd one. Simon, 52, is chairman and chief executive of the London Hippodrome. But most of its property portfolio is concentrated in London. The family are Hindus and support several charities including Save the Children and the Princes Trust. The company offers endpoint, infrastructure, cyber security, information security management, and identity and access management solutions; network solutions, including local area and datacentre network, smart infrastructure, and audio-visual solutions; and datacentre solutions, such as enterprise computing, hybrid cloud, data and storage management, and analytics and big data. This is David Wilsons second house-building company. He built up the Sweater Shop, based in Syston, with factories in Leicester and Shepshed. Another de Zille family passion is super-yachts. In the meantime, MSV resurfaced the tracks paddock. He believes it will be a 100m ($166.47m)-a-year turnover business in the next two to three years. The complex includes a sports hall, a 200-station fitness suite, dance studios, martial arts dojo, squash courts and sports science facilities. In just seven years, Lornamead bought up 15 companies and their product lines. In 2015, the company declared a pre-tax profit of 62.8 million, fuelled by a bumper revaluation of investment properties which resulted in an extra 58.4 million. He is married to Emily and has two children. Jimmy Thomas and his son Simon spent 45 million in 2012 converting Londons Hippodrome nightclub in Cranbourn Street into a casino. The company which his parents Bill and Jean Adderley founded 38 years ago, is continuing a steady stream of store openings. Dr Burston is overseeing a 122 million investment in his polo club at Southam. As well as his duty free business, he owns a four per cent stake in Thai budget airline Nok Air. Peter Ogden Net Worth Peter Ogden biography. He began his career with management consultants LEK Partnership, moving on to Imperial Group. The company provides services to the energy industry, finding employees for oil and gas,. Ogden's early career was with investment banks, notably Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (where he was a Managing Director).[2]. The Leicestershire housebuilder has been building homes in the East Midlands since 1889 and has sites in Leicester, Kettering, Stamford and Mansfield. Lutterworth-based HW Coates Ltd saw a big increase in pre-tax profits in 2016, hitting the 22.5 million mark from 12 million the previous year. Having established the successful knitwear business in 1973, he sold it 22 years later, and he and his family made 120 million from their 80 per cent stake. Triumph made a profit despite challenging market conditions which have had an effect on revenue. Director Raymond Gray, Company Secretary [laughs] He writes some very big cheques. Former chairman David who together with his family owned 33 per cent of the business said the deal was the best way forward for the business. It includes new office facilities, warehouse, distribution centre, blast-freeze facilities and a restaurant. It was among the first palletised goods networks to be launched in the UK, based on the proven hub and spoke distribution model. He is also a patron of the National Forest and a lay canon of the Diocese of Leicester. Thats not how life started for Alfie, 48, who experienced life on the road, schooled by his parents. The following year, they bought Unilevers hair care brands Finesse and Aqua Net for 80 million. He sits on the board of fashion retailer Hugo Boss and is a trustee of the Royal Anniversary Trust which administers the Queens Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education. In January, Samworth bought the West Cornwall Pasty Company from private equity fund Enact which bought the business out of administration. At the time of its takeover, it employed about 1,300 people and supplied most major supermarkets in the UK and Europe. When he was at Permira he famously made his staff eat burgers after they complained about the quality of food at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Originally from a wealthy fishing family in Grimsby, David attended the University of Nottingham where he obtained a law degree before qualifying as a chartered accountant with Arthur Anderson and Co. Theres also a sandwich delivery service which makes sandwiches in Milton Keynes and delivers them daily to hungry office workers in London. Up until the acquisition Cromwell was the largest British-owned industrial distributor with more than 2,000 employees. Donington now stages a wide range of car and motorcycle races including British Touring Car Championship races, British Truck Racing championships, the Superbike World Championships, the British Superkart Grand Prix and the Donington Historic Festival. Freddie Linnett and Hugh Murphy run Leicester development company Charles Street Buildings Group, one of the property companies which is changing the face of the city centre with a 650,000 sq ft regeneration of the Waterside area. His branches are now spread in market and coastal towns around the UK, but they represent only one of his main channels. Some of Jelsons latest projects include developments in Blaby, Hucknall, Peterborough, Grantham, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Wigston and Melton, along with a development in Hinckley. She left the show to present the Channel 4 series The Intern and has also been seen on Secret Millionaire, The Business Inspector, Hilary Deveys Women at the Top, Running the Shop and Hotel GB. Derbyshire-born miners son John Bloor, 73, a former plasterer, bought the collapsed Triumph for 150,000 in 1983 and the brand displayed the first products from its new Hinckley factory in 1990. He put that experience to good use to expand the business moving into own-label clothing and designing his own range of branded goods. At that time, she was the richest woman in the country behind the Queen. He was a non-executive board member of SVG Capital and chairman and co-founder of the Social Business Trust a charity which provides grants and advice to social enterprises in the UK and has so far benefited around half a million young people. Already a CBE, in 2009 he received a knighthood. Syston-based homeware retail group Dunelm continues to grow, boosted by its acquisition of Worldstores and other brands in the WS Group, which Dunelm bought out of administration. He has poured more than 80 million into rebuilding the 100-year-old brand. He left school early to be a door-to-door paint salesman before moving into the hospitality business. Peter De Haan and his brother Sir Roger made their money by identifying a market sector with money to spend. The Rich List, sponsored by Quilter Cheviot Investment Management, is compiled by Midlands-based business journalist Ian Strachan - who said it had been a positive year for the region's most wealthy. The deal included West Cornwalls 33 high street and rail station outlets and 19 franchised outlets in motorway service stations. They have remained profitable despite intense competition particularly in the wholesale market but have a number of valuable supply agreements with discount retailers including Farmfoods and Poundland. That other wealthy British installed his house, much smaller than the Barclay brothers, west side. The company won the 2014 Responsible Care Award from the Chemical Business Association. It is the one thing that levels the playing field between people who have economic or social privilege and those who do not. Edelin Davis is managing director of Broadthorpe Ltd, the parent company of 108 million Loughborough-based housebuilder William Davis, one of the Midlands largest privately-owned housing development companies. The Nevill Holt estate dates back to the 13th century and was home to the Nevill family until 1876 when it was bought by Edward Cunard of the shipping line. He is still expanding the business, with plans to set up sites in Portugal. The current Regency castle has been used for several film and television locations, including The Da Vinci Code, Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Young Victoria. 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