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. In 2015, it was acquired by Grainger, a New York Stock Exchange-listed distributor of maintenance, repair and operating products. Now 80, he continues as managing director and the company is owned by him and family trusts. He donated 25 million to help bright students from poor backgrounds to study at some of the countrys leading independent schools. During the post-war property boom the business moved into aggregates and transport. During the war the circuit was used as an army base, and after that fell into disuse. "Forget all the talk of the Brexit impact or economic uncertainty," he added. Profits grew 27 per cent to 46 million in the year to January 2016, with sales rising to 928 million. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth The company was sold to Italian rival the Sofidel Group in a deal which created Europes second largest tissue producer and was worth 120 million to the Tejani family. Caravan parks tycoon Alfie Best the epitome of a rags-to-riches multi-millionaire gets into our Rich List because he was born here. 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. Up until the acquisition Cromwell was the largest British-owned industrial distributor with more than 2,000 employees. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Computacenter plc was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom. 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 Lornamead portfolio grew to include such household names as Harmony hairspray, Lypsil lip balm and Vosene shampoo. Hilary Deveys career has been in the distribution business, having worked for Littlewoods, United Carriers, Tibbet and Britten and TNT. 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. It has a base in Maynard Close, London, as well as its Leicester office. The Crown Crest Group is run by Aziz Tayub, 61. 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. Sir Peter Ogden Sir Peter Ogden, 69, is co-owner of Motor Sport Vision which has taken over the running of the Donington race circuit. 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. Peter, 65, also has a London-based specialist wine business, importing wines and distributing them to restaurants, retailers and private customers throughout the UK. In 2010, the company acquired the share capital of Instore, the firm that owned discount chain Poundstretcher. 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. The De Haan brothers between them have given many millions to charity and continue to do so. As the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. [6], Ogden co-owns MotorSport Vision with former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 59, is chairman of the club, while his son Aiyawatt is vice-chairman. He has poured more than 80 million into rebuilding the 100-year-old brand. In January, Samworth bought the West Cornwall Pasty Company from private equity fund Enact which bought the business out of administration. 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. One of its latest openings was in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The Americans, it seems, like the quirkiness of the Joules range. 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. The 12-year investment plan at the 600-acre site on his Stoneythorpe estate includes 100 luxury lodges, a hotel and a players pavilion. She married Leicester accountant Michael Linnett. The Crown Crest group includes Crown Crest Property Developments Ltd and Seaham Investments Ltd. He was educated at Rochdale Grammar School (now Balderstone Technology College). The de Zilles are passionate motorsport fans. Peter Ogden Net Worth Peter Ogden biography. Tom Joule lives on a smallholding near Market Harborough, close to farm buildings where the company established its first office before moving to grander premises. In 1981, Sir Peter co-founded the computer services company Computacenter PLC and in 1982 the financial software company Computasoft which was subsequently renamed Dealogic PLC. Sir Peter Ogden co-founded Computacenter in 1981, just at the right time: IBM launched the PC legitimising desktop computing and the use of dealers to sell the products. Once again, thanks to sponsor Quilter Cheviot Investment Management. The chairman and chief executive of the Charles Street Buildings Group is Hugh Murphy, who is Paddy Murphys son and nephew of Hughie. He became a partner in 1992 and managing partner of the UK business in 1999. It is consistently profitable and has substantial assets including a 47 million investment property portfolio. The 2017 festival programme included a performance of Puccinis Tosca. He keeps a stable of horses and polo players retained in Bangkok. Sixty-seven year-old Dr Burston, 67, is a passionate polo fan and has built up his own polo club. His son also Alfie is a chip off the old block. The housing market is on an upward trend so the signs are good. Director at Computacenter Plc. Thats just one of the jobs on Sir Damons to-do list. There are 12 executives at Computacenter Plc getting paid more, with MikeNorris having the highest compensation of $2,913,400. Sir Peter J. Ogden is the Co-Founder & Non-Exec. As well as supporting youngsters whose parents cannot afford private school fees, he provided sponsorship for a Government programme to raise standards in the secondary school sector. The company also operates a fleet of more than 100 lorries. There are 2 older and 7 younger executives at Computacenter Plc. The company has completed schemes in Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Westminster, the City and Dulwich. Its online and home delivery services are also thriving. "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.". Brian is 84 and now lives with his family near St Helier on Jersey. In 1993 it was home to the European Grand Prix in a memorable race won by Ayrton Senna. Director of Computacenter Plc, the total compensation of Sir Ogden at Computacenter Plc is GBX12,500. Simon, 52, is chairman and chief executive of the London Hippodrome. Thanks to everyone who has been following the the Leicestershire Rich List blog since we got started just before lunch. Bancroft Wines is an award-winning business based near The Shard which specialises in importing wines from small family-run vineyards. Sir Peter Ogden 2020 Ranking: 308 2019 Ranking: 347 Net worth: 435m Ogden's MotorSport Vision owns and operates the Brands Hatch racetrack in West Kingsdown. Shiraz, 68, set up the LPC group in Leicester with his brothers in 1980, originally to supply local shops with tissues and paper products. Thats not how life started for Alfie, 48, who experienced life on the road, schooled by his parents. Sir Robert Ogden, the well-to-do British businessman who was best known as the racehorse owner, has died at the age of 86. The 58 year-old Duke became the 11th Duke of Rutland. The retailer leads the UK homeware market with more than 160 stores handling around 24,000 product lines. The business was founded by Jimmy in the 1960s with a single bingo hall in Loughborough the former Loughborough Odeon. The 72-year-old made 20m in the last year. The brand that carries Tom Joules name has grown to be one of the best known names in country clothing, with more than 700 staff, 1,000 wholesale accounts including John Lewis, NEXT and House of Fraser and 102 outlets across the UK including Harrods, St Pancras Station and Gatwick Airport. It remains profitable at the operating level. Profits and turnover are holding steady at Poundstretcher, which became part of the Kirby Muxloe-based Crown Crest family seven years ago. Peter Ogden biography Peter K. Ogden serves as Non-Executive Director of the Company. The firm has ambitious plans for the future, intending to increase its number of stores in the UK. 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. He bought an ailing nightclub in Hoddesdon which he turned into a profit-making business, before buying the Vinyl Bar off Oxford Street. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabhas wealth comes from tourism to Thailand from around the world. It has recently added five new companies to its UK membership network and in February bought out two of its longstanding members. The Tejanis originate from Uganda where they ran a successful coffee business before being forced to flee Idi Amins anti-Asian regime. The 67-year-old keen golfer is active in charitable fund-raising, in particular the Ireland Fund of Great Britain, founded in 1988. David, 52, built up the Carphone Warehouse mobile phone chain in the early 1990s with former schoolfriend Sir Charles Dunstone. Grainger runs Cromwell as a stand-alone business. He is also a patron of the National Forest and a lay canon of the Diocese of Leicester. As well as his duty free business, he owns a four per cent stake in Thai budget airline Nok Air. Mike Jatania played cricket for Leicestershire under-13s as a wicket keeper-batsman and he studied accountancy at South Bank University in London. Robert Jelley, 62, took over the running of the Loughborough Road-based Jelson Holdings from his 89 year-old father Ron. His property company has assets of 16 million. Brief history. Thus, we can only estimate her net worth value based on other available details. When Hilary Devey isnt at her desk at Pall-Ex, she may well be on daytime television. His second wife Karina comes from Bolivia. The company is involved in new housing developments across Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Peterborough. Peter K. Ogden serves as Non-Executive Director of the Company. In 1973 he bought the circuit and rebuilt it, upgrading and re-routing it in the process. 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. Strange how caravans have been a constant in his life. Lornamead, which by then employed 500 people around the world, was sold in 2012 to Li & Fung, the Hong Kong-listed consumer products company in a deal worth 250 million. We will continue blogging out each of the final 20 for those who want to follow rught the way through. Fans will be hoping that the appointment of the laid back Claude Puel, below, will ensure Premier League safety. 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. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth 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. Tom Joule was left with stock on his hands with no route to market, so he knocked on the doors of rural clothing stores to take up the stock. Peter Ogden is 69, he's been the Non-Executive Director of Computacenter Plc since 1998. 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. Romulus also has developments at Heathrow including the Hotel Ibis, Marine Parade, in Brighton, and Kelvin Court, in Glasgow. The family are Hindus and support several charities including Save the Children and the Princes Trust. Her company also donates a penny to charity for every pallet distributed through the companys network. He graduated in law from St Johns College Cambridge and obtained an MBA from Harvard University. The company is also pumping cash into local communities to support transport and health facilities. In 2013 she was awarded a CBE for services to the transport business and charity. They have since launched a toilet paper business LTC. In addition, the company offers property investment, international call centre, and employee share scheme trustee services. Davidsons commercial arm is involved in business parks in Nottingham, Leicester, Kibworth and Coventry. At its peak over 3,000 service personnel were based at the airfield. Last updated: 1 January 2023 at 11:00am EST. The Thomas Group owned bingo halls and amusement arcades throughout the UK under the Beacon Bingo and Showboat brands. The company is also a patron of the Princes Trust and supports the Princes Countryside Fund. Last year, Samworth acquired the Weybridge-based Euphorium bakery from Tesco. I believe that education guarantees a fairer society." Peter Ogden Net Worth Peter Ogden biography. Its facilities include six polo grounds, a pavilion, a champagne bar, club rooms, a royal suite, an all-weather equestrian arena and a 3,000-seat events centre, and it is one of the UKs grandest sporting and leisure venues. He is an honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics and was knighted for his charitable work in the 2005 New Year Honours. Kevin Wheatcroft inherited his late fathers world famous Donington Park racing circuit, along with a motor museum and an extensive property portfolio, when motorsport legend Tom Wheatcroft died in 2009. A big fire caused substantial damage there last week. "If youre at the top of the wealth pile things are going pretty well. Prior to founding Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. . 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. The complex includes a sports hall, a 200-station fitness suite, dance studios, martial arts dojo, squash courts and sports science facilities. It means light of progressive glory a fitting name for the polo-playing Thai billionaire. "Jethou, from the sea, looks like a lump of wet rock and the isolation, bareness and inaccessibility suggests that it would be an inhospitable place for any inhabitant. He continued his education at Harvard Business School where he studied for an MBA. Now it employs more than 5,000 people and is growing by the month. Sir Peter was born in Rochdale and attended the towns grammar school. The LPC Group based in Hamilton was rebranded as Sofidel UK and has a turnover of more than 255 million. The deal included West Cornwalls 33 high street and rail station outlets and 19 franchised outlets in motorway service stations. Kevin Wheatcrofts father was just 15 years-old when he watched the great racing drivers of the day compete in the Donington Grand Prix races of the 1930s a period dominated by the might of Mercedes Benz and Auto Union. 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. Wallmine is a radically better financial terminal. Under his leadership, Permira was voted Private Equity Firm of the Decade in 2006. Thanks to their money, King Power International has swelled its coffers and put almost 1 billion into its owners bank account. 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. By 1987 David Wilson was running the company and floated it on the London Stock Exchange. Graham de Zille is the man behind the Amnesia series of super-yachts, which are built by Italian custom yacht manufacturer Benetti. Thanks to his talents behind the camera, Jackson has become the third highest-grossing director of all time, with his movies grossing $6.5 billion worldwide. After earning pocket money at the age of 10 helping his father with his asphalt business, he left school aged just 12. He sold that business and moved into commercial property and still has industrial units spread around the country. The Ogden Trust, The Phoenix Brewery, 13 Bramley Road, London W10 6SP, Website by Chameleon StudiosOpens a new window, Find out more about our cookies & privacy policy, Leadership for outreach and public engagement. He went on to complete an MBA at Harvard Business School before a career in investment banking in both the UK and the US, principally with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. He continued his education at Harvard Business School, receiving an MBA in Business Studies in 1973. Sir Peter Ogden - 347th The crash happened at West Kingsdown's legendary Brands Hatch circuit 2019 wealth: 382m From 2018: Up 20m 138266811001 Ogen's MotorSport Vision owns and operates the Brands Hatch racetrack in West Kingsdown. She is an active supporter of the Carers Trust of which she became vice-president in 2012, and also supports the Stroke Association. We are about to go into the Top 10 of this years list. The company has a factory in Brazil as well as three factories in Thailand and one in India. 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. We have now arrived at the final three entries for the 2017 Leicestershire and Rutland Rich List. He owns a farm near Nanpanton, near Loughborough. But most of its property portfolio is concentrated in London. Sir Peter J. Ogden Net Worth DAVID: It's great! The collection is worth close to 100 million. The family moved into cash and carry, operating from depots across the Midlands. It's a far cry from 12m ($19.98m)-a-year estimate Ogden had predicted . They bought Yardley in 2005 for 60 million from US giant Procter & Gamble. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for voluntary and charitable services. 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