Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise

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Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise, 2011

Simon Adam Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise (born October 27, 1967 in London ) is a British businessman and since 2001 Chief Executive of the retail company Next and Life Peer (Lord) of the Conservative Party . He is the son of David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale , who is also a Life Peer of the Conservative Party.

life and career

Wolfson was born to David Wolfson and Susan E. Davis. He attended Radley College near Abingdon . This was followed by a law degree at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge . Wolfson joined Next as a sales consultant in their Kensington office in 1991, the year his father became a life peer . The following year he became assistant to the chief executive, Sir David Jones . Wolfson quickly rose within the organization, in 1993, he was Retail Sales Director and in 1995 he joined the management board ( Directory on). In 1997 he became a member of the Board of Directors . In 1999 he became Managing Director . On August 1, 2001, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer . At the age of 33, he became the youngest Chief Executive of an FTSE 100 company. Wolfson was one of the first businessmen to predict the 2007 financial crisis .

He is a prominent supporter of the Conservative Party . He supported David Cameron's campaign in 2005 for the office of chairman of the Conservative Party and co-chaired a party committee to review guidelines on economic competitiveness. The The Daily Telegraph led Wolfson in 2007 to rank 37 of its list of the most influential British Conservatives.

Wolfson was one of 35 signatories of an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , George Osborne , in October 2010 , calling on him to press ahead with the coalition government's plans to reduce the public budget deficit rather than spreading them over several legislative terms because of the opposition . The letter sparked a boycott campaign against Next and the companies of the other signatories.

In October 2011, Wolfson donated the Wolfson Economics Prize , endowed with 250,000 pounds and organized by the British think tank Policy Exchange , for a plausible plan for the orderly exit of a country from the euro zone, presented by January 31, 2012 .

Wolfson is a member of the Policy Exchange trustee and the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust .

Wolfson is considered to be public shy. He owns homes in London and Leicester , where Next is based.

Membership in the House of Lords

On June 18, 2010 he was named a Life Peer as Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise , of Aspley Guise in the County of Bedfordshire , and officially inducted into the House of Lords on July 6, 2010 . He was supported by his father and Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford . His inaugural speech there is currently (December 2010) pending. As his political interests he gives the industry and economy .

family

Wolfson is unmarried. He is the third life peerage holder in the Wolfson family. Besides him and his father, his cousin Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson Life Peer, was also.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Business big shot: Simon Wolfson article in the Sunday Times, March 20, 2008
  2. ↑ a b City concern as Wolfson junior bags Next job article in the Independent from May 17, 2001
  3. ↑ a b Wolfson £ 3.7m share sale puts paid to Next bid speculation Article by the Independent from March 30, 2007
  4. ↑ Simon Wolfson: Next chief who saw slowdown coming Telegraph article of January 6, 2009
  5. ↑ The Right's 100 Most Influential: Articles 50-26 of the Telegraph, October 2, 2007
  6. ^ Osborne's cuts will strengthen Britain's economy by allowing the private sector to generate more jobs Telegraph article of October 18, 2010
  7. ↑ Carsten Volkery: economists do not believe in euro master plan , Spiegel Online, 19. October 2011
  8. ^ Next boss Simon Wolfson joins the Lords as Tory ( Memento from October 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Article from This is London from October 2, 2007
  9. ^ House of Lords Business Minutes of the House of Lords for July 6, 2010
  10. ↑ Introduction: Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise Introduction to the House of Lords at Theyworkforyou
personal data
SURNAME Wolfson, Simon, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolfson, Simon Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businessman and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH London