Philip Green (entrepreneur)

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Sir Philip Green

Sir Philip Nigel Ross Green (born March 15, 1952 in Croydon , London ) is a British entrepreneur and the chairman of the retail company Arcadia Group . The following brands also belong to the group: Topshop , Topman, Wallis, Evans, Burton, Miss Selfridge , Dorothy Perkins and Outfit.

Life

Green came from a Jewish family and attended Carmel College in Oxfordshire . His father was a successful real estate developer and retailer. In 1988 Green became chairman and CEO of the British company Amber Day , which he ran until 1992. In the early 1990s he acquired the British company Owen Owen in Liverpool. In 2002 he bought the British company Arcadia Group and made his wife its owner. The Arcadia Group acquired Etam UK in 2005.

According to the US Forbes Magazine , Green is one of the richest Britons.

Green is married to South African entrepreneur Tina Green and has two children. The family mainly lives in Monaco . Among other things, Green owns the luxury yacht "Lionheart", which is moored in Bermuda , where Green has her own luxury property.

During the week, Green lives in a hotel in London and he spends his weekends in an apartment in Monaco with his wife and children, Chloe and Brandon .

In 2005 his son Brandon celebrated his bar mitzvah on the French Riviera with around 200 people. Andrea Bocelli and Destiny's Child were flown in especially for it. Green paid £ 4 million for the bar mitzvah. His nephew's bar mitzvah was celebrated at Madame Tussauds in London, where celebrities such as B. Simon Cowell , Louis Walsh as well as the boy band One Direction were present.

In October 2018, it became public knowledge that five women accused him of sexual harassment and racism. Allegedly, he is said to have offered large amounts of hush money to avoid the scandal.

Knighthood

On December 12, 2006, he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor and has since had the addition of "Sir".

Due to possible misconduct following the acquisition of British Home Stores - assets had been withdrawn from the company and large debts accumulated under Green's control until it collapsed - MPs decided on October 20, 2016 to instruct the Honors Forfeiture Committee to make a recommendation on the To withdraw from Green's knighthood. Finally, without recognizing any legal obligation, Green paid the liquidator £ 363m to top up the pension fund.

Charity work

In April 1980, Green registered a philanthropic initiative, the Kahn Charitable Trust , with the vision of " bringing a lost smile back to the faces of the less privileged people around the world ".

Soccer

Green is a huge Tottenham Hotspur fan. In 1987 he proposed Irving Scholar , chairman of the Spurs, to appoint Tony Berry to the board. In 1991 he helped Terry Venables raise £ 500,000 which was needed to purchase shares in the club. He was also involved in the transfers of Rio Ferdinand from Leeds United and Louis Saha from Fulham FC to Manchester United .

Green is involved with Everton Football Club because of his friendship with Chairman Bill Kenwright , but states that he has no intention of officially investing in the club.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Guardian: Sir Philip Green man with a fine attention to retail
  2. ^ Guardian: Where the rich stash their cash
  3. ↑ forbes.com
  4. ^ Guardian: Sir Philip Green: man with a fine attention to retail
  5. ↑ BBC News: Billionaire hires Destiny's Child. Retrieved May 14, 2005 .
  6. ↑ Kerstin Leitel: "King of the pedestrian zone" Philip Green is said to have molested five women . In: Handelsblatt . October 28, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ Bettina Bendiner: Harvey Weinstein's offense ignited the starting shot for #Metoo. Now the fire is flaring up again because of Topshop boss Sir Philip Green. . In: style . October 28, 2018. Accessed in 2019-20-12.
  8. ↑ Knights and Dames: FOX-GZ at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  9. ↑ Sir Philip Green "beat BHS black and blue, starved it and put it on life support" say MPs as they approve calls to strip him of his knighthood , The Telegraph of October 20, 2016
  10. ^ Sarah Butler: Green's 'main purpose' in BHS sale was to avoid pension liability, says watchdog ( en ) In: The Guardian . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ KAHN CHARITABLE TRUST | Charities Ka to Kd. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Mihir Bose: Green oils the wheels of so many deals in football . October 25, 2006, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed April 11, 2019]).
  13. ↑ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Everton | Everton chief executive resigns. July 23, 2011, accessed April 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Green, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, Sir Philip Nigel Ross (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Croydon , London