Ogden's early career was with investment banks, notably Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (where he was a Managing Director).[2]. The 72-year-old made 20m in the last year. Since flotation in October 2006, the company has expanded rapidly, enjoying a healthy demand. 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. He made the donation in memory of his wife Alma who lost her fight with ovarian cancer in 2008 despite treatment at the Royal Marsden cancer centre in Chelsea. For those who wish to skip to the end, you can see an abbreviated version of the Top 10 here. After it de-merged its Talk Talk broadband and telecoms operation, it merged with Dixons in 2014 to form Dixons Carphone. The group carries 50 million in stock around the world, and at its Chartwell Drive global distribution centre. The company has a factory in Brazil as well as three factories in Thailand and one in India. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth 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. The company is hungry for development land, and is on the hunt for brownfield or greenfield sites throughout the East Midlands, with or without the benefit of planning permission. The business has around 280 employees and is debt-free. The Tejanis also owned and operated LPC (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd which was formed in 1978, operating a chain of pharmacies and a wholesale business. The review, led by the Treasury, will examine the short-termism of investment vehicles and identify the barriers to long-term backing for innovative firms. His brother Rashid, 68, resigned as a director in 2013 and the next generation of the family are now involved in the operation. The building will be the firms new head office after refurbishment. Now it employs more than 5,000 people and is growing by the month. Profits and turnover are holding steady at Poundstretcher, which became part of the Kirby Muxloe-based Crown Crest family seven years ago. The family firm goes back to 1868 when a young George Samworth first entered the business world as a member of a consortium of Birmingham pig buyers. 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. The Donington Park race track and its associated business is now run by Jonathan Palmers Kent-based operation Motor Sport Vision, who took it over, along with the Donington Park Estate, on a 21-year lease in January, leaving Kevin Wheatcroft, 58, to manage his huge collection of historic military vehicles and military memorabilia one of the biggest such private collections in the world. Countdown of Leicestershire's richest people :: Fortunes increase by 1.5 billion from 2016. Turnover was slightly down at 66 million as the business withdrew from contracting to concentrate on its own private house-building business. Peter, 65, also has a London-based specialist wine business, importing wines and distributing them to restaurants, retailers and private customers throughout the UK. The Americans, it seems, like the quirkiness of the Joules range. He is a former pupil of Uppingham School, in Rutland, and the seventh generation of the family to work in the leisure industry. Sir Robert Ogden, the well-to-do British businessman who was best known as the racehorse owner, has died at the age of 86. Tom, who was shortlisted as CEO of the Year in 2015, had spent many years touring equestrian events and country shows around the UK selling clothing, so he wasnt short on experience. 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. Lady Ana Ogden's net worth value is estimated to be around $1- $5 million. The following year, they bought Unilevers hair care brands Finesse and Aqua Net for 80 million. He won a scholarship to Durham University and achieved a doctorate in particle physics. The construction veteran was one of the leading donors to the University of Leicesters 12.6 million heart research centre at Glenfield Hospital. The 155,000 sq ft centre in Scudamore Lane is more than twice the size of the previous facility. Samworth Brothers, makers of the famous Ginsters pasty and Soreen fruit bread, continues to do well, with healthy profits and sales at Leicestershires biggest private sector employer. Copyright 1999-2023 The Ogden Trust. Overseas sales are more than 190 per cent up underpinned by investments in the groups infrastructure. Profits grew 27 per cent to 46 million in the year to January 2016, with sales rising to 928 million. Are nurses striking in Leicestershire this week? They also own a wine and spirit import and export business. The curtain stall, incidentally, was next to a stall run by the parents of Gary Lineker. The Duke of Rutland is probably best known for owning one of the jewels in the East Midlands crown the magnificent Belvoir Castle, set in 18,000 acres on the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire border. Sir Ogden is 74, he's been the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. 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. KPMGs annual football club valuation league table puts Leicester 16th in the list of most valuable European clubs, while Deloitte puts the Foxes in pole position among British clubs, based on turnover. The Jatania family arrived in Leicester from Gujurat in India, via Uganda in 1969, and have since become one of the biggest Asian business dynasties in the UK. Having said that, income was boosted by increased gate receipts, global merchandising and TV money. More than half the pork pies eaten in the UK are made by Melton-based Samworth Brothers, not to mention pasties, pies and sandwiches. Jimmy is a Conservative party donor and he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London just before his 80th birthday. From that modest but enterprising beginning, he opened his first shop in 1970. The company began modestly with one engineering shop and built into an international business which was sold to a US giant in 2015 in a deal worth 310 million. The oldest executive at Computacenter Plc is Sir Peter J. Ogden, 74, who is the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. Motorcycle sales are around 55,000 units, with more than 85 per cent coming from exports including the US. Wilson Bowden, based in Ibstock, was formed in 1961 by Albert Wilson. Sir David, 81, also supports three city academies the Nottingham University Samworth Academy, the Samworth Church Academy in Mansfield and the Tudor Grange Samworth Enterprise Academy in Leicester. The Tejanis originate from Uganda where they ran a successful coffee business before being forced to flee Idi Amins anti-Asian regime. At the time of its takeover, it employed about 1,300 people and supplied most major supermarkets in the UK and Europe. Away from football, the Foxes owner has been seeing some impressive success, thanks to the influx of Chinese visitors to his native Thailand, and the money they are spending in his duty free shops. CSB also owns a site earmarked for office development opposite the Highcross shopping centre and a slingshot away from the site where Richard IIIs body was discovered. Described by Simon Jenkins in 1,000 Best Houses as the most perfect house to survive from the Middle Ages, the strikingly designed house is surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens set among the rolling countryside of the Peak District National Park. Thanks to everyone who has been following the the Leicestershire Rich List blog since we got started just before lunch. The company has completed schemes in Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Westminster, the City and Dulwich. That means I work 50 weeks a year, he works 50 minutes a year! His first job as a 10-year-old was knocking on doors as part of his fathers asphalt business. Sir David, who stepped down as chairman in 2005 but remains as life president, was recognised for his generosity and work for charity and education. The launch of Compaq IBM-compatible pcs turbo boosted . I believe that education guarantees a fairer society." He continued his education at Harvard Business School, receiving an MBA in Business Studies in 1973. It is the one thing that levels the playing field between people who have economic or social privilege and those who do not. It is now one of Europes biggest casinos with capacity for more than 2,000 people. The company which his parents Bill and Jean Adderley founded 38 years ago, is continuing a steady stream of store openings. For those about who cant wait (or are about to finish work) theres a preview here of whos in it. The family are Hindus and support several charities including Save the Children and the Princes Trust. The company has net assets of more than 166 million. There are 12 executives at Computacenter Plc getting paid more, with MikeNorris having the highest compensation of $2,913,400. He bought an ailing nightclub in Hoddesdon which he turned into a profit-making business, before buying the Vinyl Bar off Oxford Street. Around 5,000 of those are in Leicestershire. Dr Burston also founded Dallas Burston Ltd, a company which developed under-the-tongue pharmaceutical sprays and which was acquired by Cambridge-based SynGenix in 2003 in a share deal. As the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. His father was an African-American serviceman and his mother a Leicester girl who brought the young Damon up as a single parent on a city estate. The takeover created the biggest home-builder in Britain. For those of you wanting to see the 50 in full (but without going back down through all this blog detail) theres a stripped-down list here. Bill and Jean Adderley opened their first Dunelm store in Churchgate, Leicester, in 1984. We have now arrived at the final three entries for the 2017 Leicestershire and Rutland Rich List. Now the brand that Tom Joule founded 27 years ago is expanding its overseas penetration with the United States and Germany firmly in its sights. Joules has had a presence in Germany for some years, and that too is expanding. The never-ending rise in the value of London property and ever-increasing rent levels continue to boost the value of Douglas Woolfs Leicester-based property and investment company Romulus Holdings. King Power is a duty free business which owns a chain of duty free airport shops and retail stores. He donated 2.3 million to help refurbish an NHS specialist cancer care unit in London. Earl Cadogan and his family, who rose to sixteenth place, are worth 5.7bn after a 900m rise. The company mails out close to two million electronic documents a month on behalf of its clients who range from utilities to travel companies and retailers. The business had a slow start but was ultimately successful and now handles more than 10,000 palletised consignments through its hub each day. The company also operates a plant hire leasing business for the construction sector. The brothers have gone their separate ways since Saga was sold. Now, more than 40 years later, they are running a business which has seen steady expansion. The LPC Group based in Hamilton was rebranded as Sofidel UK and has a turnover of more than 255 million. Peter and Sir Roger (he was knighted for his charity work) inherited the company in the 1980s and built it up, exploiting the boom in travel and tourism. 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. MSV also run Donington Park, Oulton Park and Snetterton racetracks. The decision by Will and his parents to float Dunelm on the London Stock Exchange for 340 million seems a shrewd one. His Creative Foundation has poured 60 million into its regeneration and he launched the Folkestone Triennial Public Arts Festival. That was in 1976. Now he owns a string of caravan parks around the country in a business worth millions. He sold two Poussin paintings for 19 million to pay death duties and help maintain Belvoir Castle which, together with Haddon Hall, is worth at least 65 million. Prior to founding Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. . Computacenter plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom. He was president of the Ham Polo Club in London until 2012 and has lifetime membership. The family were among the first to understand the buying power of the grey pound. It is consistently profitable and has substantial assets including a 47 million investment property portfolio. Sir Peter also has a stake worth 100 million in Dealogic, a software company taken over in a 438 million deal. It employs 3,200 people and makes more than 700,000 tons of tissue a year. The firm is making contributions to an on-site sports facility, improved healthcare facilities and extensions to Waddington primary school. Peter K. Ogden serves as Non-Executive Director of the Company. Last updated: 1 July 2022 at 11:00am EST. [6], Ogden co-owns MotorSport Vision with former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer. In 2006, Samworth sold the Mrs Beetons business, but retained the right to produce chilled foods under the name. The housing market is on an upward trend so the signs are good. He began his career with management consultants LEK Partnership, moving on to Imperial Group. Many charities in the UK and in Africa have benefited from the Samworths family charitable trust, which focuses primarily on educational projects. He is still expanding the business, with plans to set up sites in Portugal. Air Rescue is pleased to announce that we co-ordinated our first inter-island mission this month. Disaster struck in 2001 when the foot and mouth outbreak meant that country and equestrian events, which formed the companys main outlet, were cancelled. He sold that business and moved into commercial property and still has industrial units spread around the country. The operation funds start-ups and SMEs who may have had difficulty arranging funding on favourable terms from banks as well as acquiring commercial property. His company, Spencer Ogden, has become one of the fastest-growing recruitment specialists in the UK. Joules invested 4.4 million earlier this year to buy a 30,000 sq ft office building next to its existing headquarters. 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. Shiraz Tejani and other members of the family are partners in SNK Investments, a Kibworth-based investment house they set up to manage their wealth. In fact, the latter end of the season was a bit of a struggle which resulted in the previously sainted Claudio Ranieri leaving the club. Almost half a century later, the Cromwell Group has developed into a global business. Peter Ogden is 69, he's been the Non-Executive Director of Computacenter Plc since 1998. "The richest people in Leicestershire have increased their combined fortunes by more than 1.5 billion according to the 2017 Leicestershire and Rutland Rich List.". Pall-Ex remains a well-financed, market leading business, and continues to expand its network in the UK and Europe. The company also has a warehouse in Corby. In 2003, Peter, who was then Sagas finance director, sold most of his stake to Sir Roger. His earliest memories are of living in a caravan by the roadside in the city. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth The family has other interests including the Jersey-based fitness club business, Club Carrefour (UK) and soft furnishings business Itex Furniture. . Their first superstore opened in Rotherham in 1991. Director Raymond Gray, Company Secretary Mike Jatania played cricket for Leicestershire under-13s as a wicket keeper-batsman and he studied accountancy at South Bank University in London. Will Adderley, 45, originally took over day-to-day control of the business from his father back in 1996. Prior to founding Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. . She is an active supporter of the Carers Trust of which she became vice-president in 2012, and also supports the Stroke Association. Ethypharm has since completed a 240 million financing package to support the acquisition and development of DB Ashbourne, and the development of the group as a whole. A quick look at the metrics for this years blog is giving us an indication that people are spending a good deal of time reading this - thanks for sticking with us. Computacenter plc provides information technology (IT) infrastructure services in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United America, and internationally. In the early 90s the group opened the biggest bingo hall in the UK in Cricklewood. He was educated at Rochdale Grammar School (now Balderstone Technology College). The enterprise, which also includes the Dorma bedding and housewares name, began life as a market stall in Leicester run by Bill and Jean Adderley, selling curtains. Superyachts are not seen in Wellington harbour as often as in Auckland and they often anchor in the harbour. Hilary Deveys career has been in the distribution business, having worked for Littlewoods, United Carriers, Tibbet and Britten and TNT. Thus, we can only estimate her net worth value based on other available details. As the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. Bill Adderley, though no longer active in the management of the group, remains life president. He was awarded the OBE in 1995 for services to the motorcycle industry and holds an honorary law doctorate from the University of Leicester. Last updated: 1 January 2023 at 11:00am EST. David, 52, built up the Carphone Warehouse mobile phone chain in the early 1990s with former schoolfriend Sir Charles Dunstone. The Hippodrome opened in 1900 as a circus variety theatre. 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